Sarcoid - close-up of the skin lesions: 20 to 25 percent of
individuals with sarcoidosis have skin manifestations as seen in
this picture. The extent of the skin manifestations is difficult to
predict, but the most common are red papules that are translucent
as seen here.
Review Date: 06/02/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor
of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by
David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
