A
22-year-old woman who previously diagnosed Crohn’s disease was admitted with a
1-month history of diarrhea. She reported that during the preceding 3 months,
she had stopped taking her drugs for Crohn’s disease. She was not able to tread
on her left foot.
On examination, there was an erythematous, non-purpuric,
painful, slightly nodular and, 3-4 cm diameter lesion. Plantar erythema nodosum
was diagnosed associated with Crohn’s disease and steroid treatment was
started. Resolution of the lesion was noted at follow-up 2 weeks later. Plantar
erythema nodosum is a very rare entity and typically occurs insidiously in
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