Hard lumps under the skin

Hard lumps under the skin

A 16 year old boy had a two year history of skin lumps on his legs and progressive muscle weakness. Examination revealed a purplish rash on his eyelids, reduced power in the proximal upper and lower limb muscles, and disseminated, non-tender, subcutaneous, hard, nodular lumps appearing in clumps wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ (Online) 2019-06, Vol.365, p.l2291
Hauptverfasser: Ciurtin, Coziana, Sin, FangEn, Hall-Craggs, Margaret, Sen, Debajit
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Case reports
Dermatitis
Inflammation
Medical diagnosis
Musculoskeletal diseases
Pediatrics
Skin
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Zusammenfassung:A 16 year old boy had a two year history of skin lumps on his legs and progressive muscle weakness. Examination revealed a purplish rash on his eyelids, reduced power in the proximal upper and lower limb muscles, and disseminated, non-tender, subcutaneous, hard, nodular lumps appearing in clumps with no overlying skin abnormalities on his upper and lower legs
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.l2291