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J Cutan Pathol
February 2025
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA.
Herpes zoster (HZ) is a cutaneous viral disease that typically presents with a dermatomal vesicular eruption. Immunosuppressed patients are more likely to have atypical HZ involving chronic ulceration and disseminated distribution, making diagnosis a challenge. The current report describes a unique case of HZ in a woman with systemic lupus on immunosuppressive therapy manifesting as persistent lower extremity ulceration with diffuse dermal and endothelial infection and secondary panniculitis without epidermal involvement.
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November 2024
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Introduction: Nodular vasculitis (NV) is a rare form of panniculitis primarily affecting middle-aged females, presenting as painful, sometimes ulcerated nodules on the dorsal lower legs. Erythema induratum of Bazin (EIB) is a form of NV and is considered a manifestation of cutaneous tuberculin hypersensitivity. This retrospective study aims to analyze demographics, clinicopathological findings, laboratory results, and treatment outcomes of NV in a non-TB endemic country.
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August 2024
Oncology, Ruikang Hospital, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, CHN.
J Cutan Med Surg
August 2024
Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
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