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Arteriovenous fistulae – congenital or acquired; red pulsating
nodules with overlying telangiectasia – extremities, head, neck,
trunk Rook p.2237, 1998, Sixth Edition
Benign (reactive) angioendotheliomatosis – red–brown or
violaceous nodules on arms or legs JAAD 38:143–175, 1998
Cholesterol emboli BJD 146:511–517, 2002; Medicine
74:350–358, 1995; Angiology 38:769–784, 1987;
AD 122:1194–1198, 1986
Churg–Strauss syndrome – elbow nodules JAAD 37:199–203,
1997; subcutaneous red nodules (vasculitis) JAAD 31:493–495,
1994
Degos’ disease – red papules with yellow centers
JAAD 38:852–856, 1998; Ann DV 79:410–417, 1954
Epithelioid angiosarcoma – red nodule of leg
JAAD 38:143–175, 1998
Erythema induratum of Whitfield (nodular vasculitis) – nodules
with edematous ankles Rook p.2202,2204,2208, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Erythrocyanosis – may have ulceration, erythema, keratosis
pilaris, desquamation, nodular lesions, edema, and fibrosis
Rook p.962–963, 1998, Sixth Edition
Fat emboli
Glomus tumor, solitary – painful pink, purple nodule Ann Plast
Surg 43:436–438, 1999; Rook p.2357, 1998, Sixth Edition
Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia –
pseudo–Kaposi’s sarcoma – red or purple papules and nodules
of the legs JAAD 10:110–113, 1984
Lipodermatosclerosis, acute JAAD 35:566–568, 1996
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis – subcutaneous red nodules
JAAD 31:493–495, 1994
Malignant angioendotheliomatosis (intravascular
lymphomatosis) – red to purple nodules and plaques on trunk
and extremities with prominent telangiectasias over lesions
JAAD 38:143–175, 1998
Necrotizing vasculitis
Nodular vasculitis (leukocytoclastic vasculitis) JAAD
45:163–183, 2001
Polyarteritis nodosa, systemic Ann Intern Med 89:66–676,
1978; cutaneous infarcts presenting as tender nodules
Rook p.2212, 1998, Sixth Edition; cutaneous (livedo with
nodules) – painful or asymptomatic red or skin-colored
multiple nodules with livedo reticularis of feet, legs, forearms
face, scalp, shoulders, trunk JAAD 53:724–728, 2005;
BJD 146:694–699, 2002; Ped Derm 15:103–107, 1998;
Ann Rheum Dis 54:134–136, 1995; AD 130:884–889,
1994; JAAD 31:561–566, 1994; JAAD 31:493–495, 1994;
Acta Med Scand 76:183–225, 1931; cutaneous associated
with Crohn’s disease Dis Colon Rectum 23:258–262,
1980
Post-thrombotic periphlebitis Rook p.2204, 1998, Sixth Edition
Pustular vasculitis of hands JAAD 32:192–198, 1995;
JAAD 31:493–495, 1994
Pyogenic granuloma
Retiform hemangioendothelioma – exophytic masses of arms
or legs JAAD 38:143–175, 1998
Spindle cell hemangioendothelioma – purple nodule Cutis
53:134–136, 1994
Superficial migratory thrombophlebitis – oval tender red
nodules of the legs, abdomen, arms JAAD 45:163–183, 2001;
JAAD 23:975–985, 1990
Superficial thrombophlebitis
Takayasu’s arteritis – subcutaneous red nodules
JAAD 31:493–495, 1994
Temporal arteritis – granulomatous lipophagic panniculitis
Ann Rheum Dis 51:812–814, 1992
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease) – palpable
painful mass of thigh; superficial thrombophlebitis (leg nodule);
acute thrombophlebitis; red nodules of sides of feet and lateral
legs; associated with peripheral arterial disease Rook p.2204,
2233, 1998, Sixth Edition; Am J Med Sci 136:567–580, 1908
Thrombophlebitis, idiopathic – livid painful nodules NEJM
344:1222–1231, 2001; Rook p.2208, 1998, Sixth Edition
Tufted angioma – red nodule Ped Derm 19:394–401, 2002;
JAAD 20:214–225, 1989
Vasculitis – large and/or small vessel – leukocytoclastic
vasculitis Rook p.2178, 1998, Sixth Edition; urticarial vasculitis
AD 134:231–236, 1998
Venous thrombosis – swelling and pain of calf NEJM
344:1222–1231, 2001; BMJ 320:1453–1456, 2000
Wegener’s granulomatosis – subcutaneous red nodules
JAAD 31:493–495, 1994
NODULES, RED, FACE
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, AND DISEASES
OF IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION
Chronic granulomatous disease – granulomas, furuncles,
suppurative nodules NEJM 317:687–694, 1987
Lupus erythematosus – discoid lupus erythematosus; lupus
profundus (lupus panniculitis) Rook p.2451, 1998, Sixth Edition;
AD 122:576, 1986; AD 103:231–242, 1971
CONGENITAL LESIONS
Nasal glioma – midline nasal nodule Dermatol Therapy
18:104–116, 2005
DRUG-INDUCED
Drug-induced pseudolymphoma syndrome JAAD 38:877–905,
1998
EXOGENOUS AGENTS
BCG granuloma
Foreign body granuloma AD 139:17–20, 2003
Halogenoderma
INFECTIONS
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Abscess, carbuncle, furuncle
Actinomycosis, cervicofacial – nodule of cheek or submaxillary
area; board-like induration; multiple sinuses with puckered
scarring; sulfur granules discharged Arch Int Med
135:1562–1568, 1975
African blastomycosis
Anthrax
Bacillary angiomatosis
Bejel
Botryomycosis
Candida sepsis – papules and nodules with pale centers Am J
Dermatopathol 8:501–504, 1986; JAMA 229:1466–1468, 1974
Chromomycosis – Aureobasidium pullulans AD 133:663–664,
1997