Sarcoidal Type Foreign Body Reaction: A Case Report

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Sarcoidosis and foreign body reactions are common differential diagnoses of skin granuloma formation. We report a 40 year –old man with sarcoid type granulomas containing polarized foreign materials, and also bilateral hilar adenopathy. It appears that detection of foreign bodies in histopatologic studies of granulomas does not necessarily exclude the possibility of sarcoidosis.

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volume 13  issue 2

pages  57- 59

publication date 2010-07-01

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