Erythema induratum of Bazin (EIB) is a chronic nodular eruption that frequently occurs on lower legs young or middle-aged women. The clinical manifestations EIB revealed various dermatological disorders can be easily leads to misdiagnosis. We report case 50-year-old woman who initially presented with EIB. histopathological specimen was collected from her medial aspect let leg. epidermis unremar...

We report the first case of recently characterized species M. monacense associated with chronic nodular vasculitis, infecting a young woman. This case represents the first isolation of M. monacense from Ecuador. The isolate was identified by conventional and molecular techniques.

Erythema induratum of Bazin (EIB) is a rare skin form tuberculosis (TB) that most commonly seen in middle-aged women. Clinically, EIB can mimic several conditions, which often leads to delay diagnosis. We report here the observation new case EIB, presenting as chronic nodular panniculitis, 38-year-old female patient..

BACKGROUND Erythema induratum of Bazin is a mostly lobular panniculitis. There is considerable controversy in the literature about whether or not vasculitis is a histopathologic requirement to establish the diagnosis of erythema induratum of Bazin. Even accepting vasculitis as a histopathologic criterion, there is no agreement about the nature and size of the involved vessels. OBJECTIVE The m...