Notes on erythema nodosum

Erythema nodosum.

Erythema nodosum is the most frequent clinico-pathological variant of the panniculitides. The disorder is a cutaneous reaction consisting of inflammatory, tender, nodular lesions, usually located on the anterior aspects of the lower extremities. The process may be associated with a wide variety of diseases, being infections, sarcoidosis, rheumatologic diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, medi...

Erythema Nodosum

Erythema nodosum is the most common and, in its classic form, the most easily recognized cause of inflammatory nodules on the legs. It is characterized by inflammatory, tender, nonulcerating, nonscarring nodules that are typically multiple and bilateral. The rather characteristic clinical presentation can be attributable to one of many causes or associated with a wide spectrum of systemic disea...

Erythema nodosum leprosum.

Erythema Nodosum Leproticum

The position of erythema nodosum seems to be shared by a good many skin diseases which, despite all attempts, are still dif~ ficult to classify according to their etiology. From the appearance of the lesions and from the course of the disease one feels rather inclined to believe in the probability of its being an infectious disease, though varied in its nature. These features are suggestive eno...

Clinical observations on erythema nodosum leprosum (E.N.L.).

The nodules were sometimes the exacerbation of existing lesions, or sometimes the eruption of fresh lesions. The nodules themselves varied from about the size of a pea to about the size of a shilling, and they were usually tender on pressure. Ankaful Leprosarium is the headquarters of the Ghana Leprosy Service and is situated 6 miles from the coast and is 1 00 miles west of Accra. It admits pri...