Erythematous skin nodules during treatment of Whipple's disease

Whipples disease: a review

Whipple’s disease was described in 1907 and given the name “intestinal lipodystrophy” until it was found that the agent responsible is a bacterium named Tropheryma whipplei. It’s a rare disease which occurs predominantly in males aged 30-60. The small intestinal mucosa is always affected with lesions that are specific to this disease. Replacement of most of cellular elements in the lamina propr...

Photosensitive erythematous skin rash.

Volume 88, Number 7 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 457 A 41-year-old man presented with a painful, erythematous, erosive, and scaly rash. It was symmetrically distributed over sun-exposed areas, involving his face, neck, dorsum of his hands and feet, and upper back (Figures 1 and 2). The rash and frequent loose stools had been present for several months. Neuropsychiatric evaluation ...

Erythematous nodules on lower limbs in a kidney transplantation patient.

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Psoriasis and Other Erythematous Skin Diseases

[Erythematous violaceous nodules and telangiectasis on the thighs].

The lesions consisted of papules, plaques, and indurated, erythematous violaceous nodules, with a linear and reticular distribution (Figure 1). The left thigh presented a hot, erythematous plaque filled with numerous telangiectases on the surface (Figure 2). No enlarged lymph nodes were palpated in accessible regions, and no pathological findings were observed in the abdominal examination. The ...