Q180) A 35 year old woman presents with a 3-week history of nodular lesions on her lower legs. She states that he had similar lesions that appeared few years ago and spontaneously resolved . She denies any recent infection except for an upper respiratory infection for which he was treated with antibiotics 2 weeks ago. She is currently not on any medications. He denies any weightloss or diarrhea or constipation. She has no cough or night sweats. Physical examination revealed erythematous nodular swellings on the anterior lower legs. The lesions are tender to palpation.
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The most common etiology of these lesions world-wide:
A) Tuberculosis
B) Inflammatory bowel disease
C) Sarcoidosis
D) Diabetes Mellitus
E) Streptococcal infection
F) Herpes Simplex Virus
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m/c/c of EN is strep infection
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Ans C.
the most common cause of erythema nodosum is streptococcal infection in children and streptococcal infection and sarcoidosis in adults.
Sarcoid is common with erythema nodosa.It could happen with TB and IBS. It can also happen with strep infection so with the pevious infection,,,,,,,Strep would be the answer
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