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==Erythema nodosum==
==Erythema nodosum==
*Most common from of panniculitis.<ref name=pmid17375516>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schwartz | first1 = RA. | last2 = Nervi | first2 = SJ. | title = Erythema nodosum: a sign of systemic disease. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 75 | issue = 5 | pages = 695-700 | month = Mar | year = 2007 | doi =  | PMID = 17375516 | URL = http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0301/p695.html }}</ref>
*Most common from of panniculitis.<ref name=pmid17375516>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schwartz | first1 = RA. | last2 = Nervi | first2 = SJ. | title = Erythema nodosum: a sign of systemic disease. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 75 | issue = 5 | pages = 695-700 | month = Mar | year = 2007 | doi =  | PMID = 17375516 | URL = http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0301/p695.html }}</ref>
*Classically on the shins - resolves without scarring.<ref name=medscape_en>URL: [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/440356_8 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/440356_8]. Accessed on: 11 September 2011.</ref>


Causes - mnemonic ''NODOSUM'':<ref name=pmid17375516/>
Causes - mnemonic ''NODOSUM'':<ref name=pmid17375516/>
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===General===
===General===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
*Not common.
*Uncommon.
*Etiology: unknown.
*Etiology: unknown.
Clinical:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_609>{{Ref PCPBoD8|609}}</ref>
*Classic location: posterior shins.
*Ulcerates and scars.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
*Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation.
*Predominantly lobular process with:<ref name=medscape_en>URL: [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/440356_8 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/440356_8]. Accessed on: 11 September 2011.</ref>
*Necrotizing vasculitis of small/medium sized vessels (early).
**Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation.
**Necrotizing [[vasculitis]] of small/medium sized vessels (early).


DDx:
DDx:
*Infection.
*Infection.
Images:
*[http://img.medscape.com/fullsize/migrated/440/356/doj440356.fig17a.jpg Erythema induratum - low mag. (medscape.com)].
*[http://img.medscape.com/fullsize/migrated/440/356/doj440356.fig17d.jpg Erythema induratum - high mag. (medscape.com)].


=See also=
=See also=
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