Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: | Case PresentationAn 11-year-old male presented with a 1-month history of a painful right thigh lesion.He had no fever, fatigue, or weight loss.He did not improve with oral cefuroxime (500 mg, twice daily, for 10 days).Examination revealed an indurated erythematous plaque over the right inner thigh (Figure 1).His right cheek was swollen, erythematous, and indurated.There was no lymphadenopathy.Complete blood count, biochemistry, and immunological investigations (ANA, C3, C4, immunoglobulin levels) were unremarkable.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated subcutaneous edema over his right thigh.Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) revealed high metabolic activity in the right cheek and the right thigh.An incisional biopsy was taken from the thigh lesion (Figures 234).
Source: Pediatric Dermatology
DOI: 10.1111/pde.15966
Institutions: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,920
OpenAlex ID: W4411430838