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subcutaneous nodule

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subcutaneous nodule,
a small, solid mass, or node, beneath the skin that can be detected by touch. Subcutaneous nodules consisting chiefly of Aschoff bodies are found in patients with rheumatic fever. Minute subcutaneous nodules formed by the perivascular infiltration of mononuclear cells occur in typhus.


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Persons with heavy infections will usually have one or more of the three conditions: dermatitis, eye lesions, and/or subcutaneous nodules.
The condition consisted of multiple cutaneous ulcerations, nodules, and fibrotic plaques disseminated on his face, limbs, and trunk, and subcutaneous nodules on lymph-draining tracts on his hands, arms, and legs (online Appendix Figure, panel A, available from www.
Imaging modalities are of limited help, but the presence of a sharply demarcated, calcified, subcutaneous nodule on CT should raise suspicion.
 
 
 
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