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The current literature on sarcoidosis pertaining mainly to involvement of nasal mucous membrane and the eighth cranial nerve has been reviewed. The purpose of this paper is to present an interesting case (which presented to the E.N.T. Clinic of Royal Northern Infirmary, Inverness, Scotland) of sarcoidosis with multiple lesions.
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Formerly Registrar, E.N.T. Department Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Agarwala, N.K. Sarcoidosis of the nose and eighth cranial nerve. Indian J Otolaryngol 30, 26–28 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02992050
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