Dermatology Differential Diagnosis by Morphology

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1. Erythema nodosum
2. Subacute nodular migratory panniculitis
3. Weber-Christian disease (relapsing febrile nodular panniculitis)
4. Superficial migratory thrombophlebitis
5. Acute pancreatitis with nodular subcutaneous fat necrosis
6. Polyarteritis nodosa
7. Insect bites
8. Sarcoidosis
9. Erythema induratum (Bazin)
10. Erythema nodosum leprosum
11. Trichophyton rubrum granuloma (Majocchi)
12. Zirconium and Silicon granuloma
13. Deep fingal infection
14. Actinomycosis, blastomycosis, sporotrichosis, coccidioidmycosis
15. Meningococcal or gonococcal septicemia
16. Kaposi's sarcoma - other neoplasm
17. Rheumatoid nodules
18. Sweet's syndrome - usually tender plaque(s)
19. Behcet's disease
20. Parasites (leishmaniasis, echinococcosis, cysticercosis, shistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, myiasis)
21. Rothman-Makai syndrome

Nodules around Joints

1. Arthritis
   • Rheumatoid arthritis
   • Gouty tophi (Tophaceous gout)
2. Infectious disease
   • Papulonecrotic tuberculid - elbows, fingers
3. Metabolic disease
   • Xanthoma tuberosum
   • Calcinosis cutis
4. Neoplasms
   • Myxoid cyst
5. Miscellaneous
   • Erythema elevatum diutinum
   • Reticulohistiocytoma

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June, 1996

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Last updated November 12, 1996