Davoodi L, Kazeminejad A, Jafarpour H, Razavi A. Leptospirosis presented with erythema nodosum on four limbs: an unusual presenting.
Oxf Med Case Reports 2020;
2020:omz130. [PMID:
32038875 PMCID:
PMC6996038 DOI:
10.1093/omcr/omz130]
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Abstract
Leptospirosis is a common disease between humans and animals characterized by a wide range of clinical manifestations. Erythema nodosum (EN) is a common clinical form of panniculitis or subcutaneous adipose inflammation caused by hypersensitivity responses to antigens, but the presence of EN in a subject with leptospirosis is a very rare case presentation. We will present a 42-year-old man with a headache, myalgia, nausea and rigid tender on the shin and both forearms, which was a typical form of EN lesions.
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