Neutrophilic Eccrine Hidradenitis, Hidradenitis, Neutrophilic Eccrine, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis hidradenitis, neutrophilic eccrine Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Body Site

foot toe

Age

12 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

purple

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 12 year old girl developed painful purple nodules on the first and second toes on both feet. Some of the nodules were capped by a 2 mm pustule. She denied hot tub or swimming pool exposure. However, she complained of chronic heavy sweating in her tennis shoes. The nodules cleared in 2 days after she began a course of oral cirpofloxacin 500 mg twice daily. A bacterial culture from a pustule grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Description

tender purple nodules with overlying pustules

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10/31/2002 23:14:58

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