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  • - Erythema induratum, a rare skin condition linked to lobular panniculitis and vasculitis, is primarily triggered by hypersensitivity reactions but can have other causes.
  • - A case study details a 73-year-old male with painful red nodules on his legs who was misdiagnosed with idiopathic erythema induratum after ineffective treatment with isoniazid for 9 months.
  • - After testing positive for tuberculosis using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay, the patient was successfully treated with a combination of medications, demonstrating the importance of accurate testing and a multi-drug strategy over just isoniazid.
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Pain management in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.

J Am Acad Dermatol

November 2015

Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Faculties of Medicine and Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto Regional (Dermatology) and Wound Healing Clinic, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, relapsing, and painful inflammatory disease. HS patients' quality of life is severely impaired, and this impairment correlates strongly with their pain. Pain in HS can be acute or chronic and has both inflammatory and noninflammatory origins.

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