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Painful red nodules in female patient with recent travel history: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Dermatologic pathology can be both challenging and frustrating in the Family Practice setting. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 38-year-old female that presented initially with a few, small red nodules on both the upper and lower extremities, which were painful to touch. This...

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Autores principales: Dean, Craig, Crow, William Thomas
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830062
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8248
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description INTRODUCTION: Dermatologic pathology can be both challenging and frustrating in the Family Practice setting. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 38-year-old female that presented initially with a few, small red nodules on both the upper and lower extremities, which were painful to touch. This patient had an extremely vague picture, which included recent upper respiratory infection and recent travel to Europe. Erythema Nodosum was suspected and work-up initiated to determine underlying cause. ASO titer ultimately confirmed recent Streptococcal infection. Although the primary diagnosis was not made until follow-up visit, treatment was started based on understanding of common causes of Erythema Nodosum. CONCLUSION: Using the patient's history, a differential diagnosis knowing the common causes of EN can help direct diagnostic evaluation.
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spelling pubmed-27402802009-10-14 Painful red nodules in female patient with recent travel history: a case report Dean, Craig Crow, William Thomas Cases J Case report INTRODUCTION: Dermatologic pathology can be both challenging and frustrating in the Family Practice setting. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 38-year-old female that presented initially with a few, small red nodules on both the upper and lower extremities, which were painful to touch. This patient had an extremely vague picture, which included recent upper respiratory infection and recent travel to Europe. Erythema Nodosum was suspected and work-up initiated to determine underlying cause. ASO titer ultimately confirmed recent Streptococcal infection. Although the primary diagnosis was not made until follow-up visit, treatment was started based on understanding of common causes of Erythema Nodosum. CONCLUSION: Using the patient's history, a differential diagnosis knowing the common causes of EN can help direct diagnostic evaluation. Cases Network Ltd 2009-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2740280/ /pubmed/19830062 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8248 Text en © 2009 Dean and Crow; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740280/
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