Erythema Nodosum - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Nikolaos Sferopoulos, MD

Diagnosis

erythema nodosum

Body Site

leg

Age

36 years

Pigmentation

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

red purple

Morphology

nodule

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant) asymmetric

Comments

A 36-year- old woman developed tender, violaceous, nonulcerative, subcutaneous nodules on her right shin 2 weeks ago. The eruption was accompanied by low grade fever and general malaise for the first few days. She was treated with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs for a painful chondromalacia of the patella about a month ago . She had also received 4 courses of oral antibiotics during the last 4 months for tonsillitis.

Description

tender firm erythematous subcutaneous nodules

Image Added

5/30/2005 21:53:13

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