Cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis in blacks.

The diverse patterns of skin lesions occurring in black patients with sarcoidosis are described. Shiny, somewhat waxy papular lesions are the most frequent cutaneous manifestation of sarcoidosis in blacks. Erythema nodosum remains an infrequent finding when compared with the frequency of other cutaneous lesions. Because of its protean cutaneous manifestations, sarcoidosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of all chronic dermatoses in blacks.