Lower limb cellulitis and its mimics: Part II. Conditions that simulate lower limb cellulitis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177.e1-177.e9

  Hirschmann, Jan V ^a   Raugi, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinoma erysipeloides; dependent rubor; eczema; erythromelalgia; gout; hereditary periodic fevers; lymphedema; necrotizing soft tissue infections; venous disease

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA ERYSIPELATOIDES; CELLULITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ERYSIPELAS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GOUT; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; LOWER LIMB CELLULITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS ECZEMA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84863921554     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.03.023     Document Type: Review

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