Also known as: nodular vasculitis, Bazin's disease

Clinical Features:

• Tender blue nodules, most often on the calves of obese women, sometimes related to cold exposure
• Controversial association with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Histologic Features:

• Granulomatous lobular panniculitis with admixed lymphocytes, histiocytes and plasma cells
• There is often caseation necrosis, which may extend into the dermis and even epidermis, causing ulceration.
• Vasculitis is frequently, but not always, seen.

Cases associated with this book:

Erythema induratum
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.

Conference: DermatopathologyConsultations.com Teaching Collection