SARCOIDOSIS IN THE WEST-AFRICAN - A REPORT OF 8 NIGERIAN PATIENTS WITH CUTANEOUS LESIONS

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 36  (3) , 231-236
Abstract
The clinical features of 8 Nigerian cases of sarcoidosis are presented. All of them had skin lesions and at least 1 other organ involved. Great variability in morphology of skin lesions was found and patients with discoid lupus erythematosus like changes, cicatricial alopecia, xanthelasma-like lesions and an annular lichen planus-like picture were observed. Review of the literature revealed only 11 previously reported cases of cutaneous sarcoidosis in western Africa. The question of the rarity of sarcoidosis in the light of its high frequency in American Negroes who predominantly descended from West African is discussed.

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