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Clinical image of anterior aspect of left leg.
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A 59-year-old woman with a medical history of multiple catheterizations presented with a unilateral, painful rash on her left leg (Figs 1 and 2).
Clinical image of medial aspect of left leg.
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A 59-year-old woman with a medical history of multiple catheterizations presented with a unilateral, painful rash on her left leg (Figs 1 and 2).
Histopathologic image at 10x magnification.
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A punch biopsy of a nodule from her left leg found a neutrophilic vasculitis involving a large vessel in the deep dermis with some mild surrounding fat necrosis, most consistent with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (Figs 3 and 4).
Histopathologic image at 40x magnification.
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A punch biopsy of a nodule from her left leg found a neutrophilic vasculitis involving a large vessel in the deep dermis with some mild surrounding fat necrosis, most consistent with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (Figs 3 and 4).