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A 46-year-old female presented with a 1 year history of persistent papules on her nose and around her mouth. She had been diagnosed with adult acne by her primary care physician and treated with topical clindamycin with no success. The facial lesions were asymptomatic; however, she notes mild fatigue, occasional dyspnea on exertion, and a mild cough.
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Wheat, C.M., Okoye, G.A., Love, P.B. (2016). Sarcoidosis. In: Love, P., Kundu, R. (eds) Clinical Cases in Skin of Color. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23615-5_2
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