OBJECTIVES To report benign rheumatoid nodules in a woman with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and borderline lepromatous leprosy and to summarise the features of the patients with adult onset benign rheumatoid nodules. METHODS A 66 year old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and borderline lepromatous leprosy who presented with subcutaneous elbow nodules, which were at first suspected to...

Lipomas are common, benign subcutaneous tumors of fat cells (adipocytes) that present most commonly on the trunk as soft, painless nodules. They with 16% common mesenchymal and typically slow growing.

more than 90% of patients infected with cutaneous leishmaniasis live in afghanistan, the middle east, algeria, brazil, and peru. cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran is caused by leishmania tropica and leishmania major . most skin lesions evolve from papular to nodular, to ulcerative form with a central depression surrounded by a raised indurate border. some lesions persist as nodules or plaques. mu...

Introduction: Kimura’s disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, presenting as painless subcutaneous nodules with lymphadenopathy and peripheral eosinophilia, mainly disturbing the head and neck region. It mainly affects Asian males in their 2nd to 4th decade of life. One such case of Kimura’s disease, which is uncommon in Indian natives, is reported.   Case Report: A ...

Although histological assessment can assist in many dermatological diagnoses, there has been a recent trend to add imaging modalities improve diagnostic accuracy. Ultrasound uses large array of frequencies that correspond various depths the skin: subcutaneous layer be viewed with high resolution. Subcutaneous nodules, deep-seated lesions deep dermis and layers, are attractive targets for ultras...

We report a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) who developed subcutaneous nodules in the face, shoulders and extremities while being treated with interferon (IFN)-β-1b. These nodules fluctuated in parallel with myelopathy, and were diagnosed as lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP) based on histopathological findings. The patient showed no relapse of either neurological symptoms or subcutaneous...

Dermatophyte infections are one of the most common superficial fungal infections. However dermatophytes invade subcutaneous tissues rarely. We report herein a 65 year-old woman who was as a known case of rheumatoid arthritis (For 10 years) and taking immunosuppressive drugs, presented with multiple nodules and sinuses in the knee area. Histopathologic studies revealed PAS positive granulomas an...