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Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in Blood Donation Venepuncture Sites

Br Med J 1972; 4 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5842.706 (Published 23 December 1972) Cite this as: Br Med J 1972;4:706
  1. B. W. Hancock

    Abstract

    Six patients were studied in whom sarcoidosis first showed itself by the development of granulomata at the site of previous venepunctures. The diagnosis was histologically confirmed in all cases. The treatment of the lesions with triamcinolone did not seem to hasten resolution.