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Angel Palomo-Arellano, MD; Mariano Salvador-Fernández, MD; Braulio Gil-Pascual, MD; Fernando Santomé-Argibay, MD; Hospital del Insalud "Nuestra Señora del Prado

Arch Dermatol. 1994;130(5):649-650.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 50-year-old woman was admitted because of a 1-month history of weight loss, malaise, and the presence of several hard, erythematous, tender, nodular lesions (diameter, 1 to 2 cm) on her legs (Figure 1). Physical examination findings were normal except for pallor.

Laboratory studies disclosed the following values and results: leukocytes, 7.4 X10⁹/L, without eosinophilia; erythrocytes, 2.73X10¹²/L; hematocrit, 0.22; hemoglobin, 75 g/L; mean corpuscular volume, 84 fL; platelets, 646 X10⁹/L; serum iron, 1.791 µmol/L; serum transferrin, 3.24 g/L; serum ferritin, 1.6 g/L; antistreptolysin-O, <50 U/mL; rheumatoid factor, <21 U/mL; C-reactive protein, <2 mg/L; serum folic acid, 40 nmol/L; serum vitamin B₁₂,293 pmol/L; serum -₁ antitrypsin, 3 g/L; carcinoembryonic antigen, 3 g/L; serum amylase, 228 U/L; serum lipase, 11 820 U/L; and urinalysis, protein fractions, immunoelectrophoresis, and hepatic enzymes, normal.

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Toledo, Spain

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