cutaneous sarcoidosis in blood donation venepuncture sites

Br Med J. 1972 Dec 23;4(5842):706-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5842.706.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Donors*
  • Cicatrix / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Punctures
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis / drug therapy
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology*
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*
  • Triamcinolone / therapeutic use
  • Veins

Substances

  • Triamcinolone