erythema nodosum/diarrhea

The causes of concurrent erythema nodosum (EN) and diarrhea include inflammatory bowel disease, yersiniosis and rarely salmonella (Salmonella typhosa or S. typhimurium). The first case of EN caused by S. enteritidis group B enterocolitis is reported.

Following antibiotic treatment of febrile tonsillitis, a 20-year old man developed watery diarrhea during military service. He was admitted to the infirmary by the medical officer. During the last year the patient had traveled to Spain. The history of recent food intake was not remarkable. The

A 26-year-old woman, who had had Turner syndrome from age 10 years old, had diarrhea, fever, joint pain, and erythema in the lower left leg. She was given a diagnosis of Crohn's disease, erythema nodosum, and Hashimoto disease. Systemic steroid therapy was very effective for both intestinal and skin

We report a 74-year-old woman who presented to hospital with fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and 2 weeks later developed erythema nodosum (EN) on the legs, and was diagnosed with Yersinia enterocolitica infection based on her clinical course and microbiological examination of the stool. She also had a

BACKGROUND Clofazimine enterophathy is a serious complication of clofazimine when used at high doses for treatment of type 2 lepra or or erythema nodosum leprosum. Objective. A woman is presented who had a delayed diagnosis of leprosy, persistent type 2 lepra reaction and lethal clofazimine

OBJECTIVE To report a case of simultaneous erythema nodosum and erythema multiforme after local lidocaine injection. METHODS A 33-year-old female experienced coexisting erythema nodosum and erythema multiforme after lidocaine spray was used for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The reaction was

Erythema nodosum (EN) is a skin lesion presenting with the acute appearance of red nodular eflorescences caused by a reactive immunological process. In most cases EN regresses spontaneously within 3 to 6 weeks and often recurs. This paper is based on a sample of 98 patients from Croatia which were

Erythema nodosum is a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction with an unknown trigger in the majority of cases. It is characterized by the development of erythematous tender nodules on the shins. Septal panniculitis without vasculitis is a characteristic histopathological finding. We report the case

Treatment of systemic infections due to mycobacteria and HIV infection can lead to paradoxical worsening, the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, in a minority of patients. Herein we describe a patient with Whipple's disease, a chronic systemic inflammatory disease caused by Tropheryma

OBJECTIVE In this study, we investigated the clinical features, etiology, and also predictive factors of secondary erythema nodosum (EN) in patients with EN. METHODS A total of 100 patients (mean age: 37 years) diagnosed with EN between 1993 and 2004 in our clinic were included in the study

OBJECTIVE To examine the frequency and features of erythema nodosum (EN), establish disease associations, and identify the optimal set of predictors for the occurrence of secondary EN. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of an unselected population of patients 14 years and older with

The association between reactive arthritis and Giardia lamblia infestation, although it has been previously described, is not very common. We present a 32 year-old woman who had oligo-arthritis and erythema nodosum after Giardia lamblia infestation. We think that a Giardiasis should be more