Subcutaneous Nodules as Manifestations of Systemic Disease
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Rheumatoid Nodules
3. Pseudorheumatoid Nodules
4. Differential Considerations
5. Erythema Nodosum
6. Granuloma Annulare
7. Gottron’s Papules
8. Necrobiotic Nodules
9. Myositis Ossificans
10. Pancreatic-Disease-Related Nodules
11. Vasculitis/Angiitis-Related Nodules
12. Metabolic-Disease-Derived Nodules
12.1. Storage Diseases
12.2. Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum
12.3. Gout
13. Infection—Related Nodules
13.1. Disease Specificity
13.2. Rheumatic Fever
13.3. Lyme Disease
14. Malignancy-Related Nodules
15. Dermatologic-Disease Related Nodules
16. Lymphadenopathy
17. Denouement
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Primarily dermatologically-limited | Immunologic diseases |
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Granuloma annulare | Sarcoidosis |
Erythema nodosum * | Agammaglobulinemia |
Basal cell carcinoma | Necrobiotic xanthogranulma |
Sebaceous/epidermal cysts | Infectious diseases |
Xanthomas * | Rheumatic fever |
Foreign body reaction | Erythema nodosum |
Trauma | Subacute bacterial endocarditis |
Myositis ossificans | Leprosy |
Fatty tumor disorders | Tuberculosis |
Weber-Christian disease | Fungal disease |
Tuberous xanthomatosus | Lyme disease |
Primarily musculoskeletal disease | Syphilis |
Rheumatoid arthritis | Yaws |
Juvenile inflammatory arthritis | Bejel |
Psoriatic arthritis | Lyme |
Jaccoud disease | Whipple’s disease |
Inflammatory diseases | Hepatitis B |
Pancreatitis | Vasculitis/vasculopathy diseases |
Metabolic disorders | Polyarteritis nodosa |
Gout | Behcet’s disease |
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum | Granulomatous disease with antiitis |
Deposition diseases | Henoch-Schoelein purpura |
Amyloidosis | Churg Straus angiitis |
Farber’s disease | Malignant disease |
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis | Metastatic disease |
Collagen vascular/connective tissue diseases | Pancreatic carcinoma |
Systemic lupus erythematosus | Sarcoma |
Dermatomyositis | |
Scleroderma |
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