Painful acral purpuric nodules

CASE: Multiple painful nodules on the back

A 43-year-old middle-eastern woman was visited with a 15-year history of multiple painful cutaneous nodules on her back. The first lesion appeared on her back when she was 28 years old. As she aged, the lesions became larger, more numerous, and more painful with cold or physical contact. Her medical history was not significant. The patient’s medications included naproxen, calcium-D, and vitamin...

Steatocystoma multiplex presenting as acral subcutaneous nodules.

A 47-year-old Japanese housewife was referred to our hospital with asymptomatic subcutaneous nodules on her forearms. She first noticed the subcutaneous nodules 10 years previously, and they had gradually increased in both size and number. They were not associated with any pain or tenderness. Her family history and past clinical history were unremarkable. Physical examination revealed multiple,...

A Case of Acute-Onset, Painful Acral Granuloma Annulare.

Vol. 28, No. 1, 2016 119 Received December 10, 2014, Revised March 4, 2015, Accepted for publication March 21, 2015 Corresponding author: Mihn-Sook Jue, Department of Dermatology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, 53, Jinhwangdo-ro 61-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05368, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2225-1388, Fax: 82-2-471-5514, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under t...

Treatment of persistent painful nodules of hidradenitis suppurativa with cryotherapy.

We report outcomes for 10 patients with persistent painful nodules of hidradenitis suppurativa treated with cryotherapy. Eight patients reported improvement and to date have had no recurrence of lesions at the treated sites. Most patients had significant pain during and after treatment. Eight patients had post-treatment ulceration, infection or both. The average number of days for the treatment...

Smoker with Raynaud phenomenon and painful nodules on the legs.