Unilateral plantar erythema nodosum

Idiopathic palmoplantar eccrine hidradenitis in children

“…Various treatment modalities have been tried in IPPH, including systemic antibiotics [3,11] nonsteroidal anti-in¯ammatory drugs [6,7,9,10,11], topical steroids [8,10], systemic steroids [10] and potassium iodate solution [1]. In most of the reported patients [5,7,9,10,11], as well as in four of ours, several days of complete bed rest alone led to rapid resolution of the pain and disappearance of the eruption.…”

“…Some studies also appeared in the 1980s, describing cases with a strikingly similar clinical presentation and natural history under dierent names, such as traumatic plantar urticaria [1,5] or plantar erythema nodosum [3,6,8,11]. All reported the abrupt appearance of usually symmetric multiple tender nodules on the soles of the feet and the spontaneous rapid resolution of the symptoms with complete rest.…”

“…Within the last decade, 47 cases of painful erythematous plantar nodules have been reported [1±11], 41 of them in healthy children [1,2,4,6,9,10]. Diagnoses vary because of diverse histological ®ndings.…”

Palmoplantar Eccrine Hidradenitis: Three New Cases and Review

“…Six similar cases were published under the diagnosis of plantar erythema nodosum (2)(3)(4)(5), and three French cases were reported in which histologic examination revealed evidence of vasculitis (6). Of these nine patients (2)(3)(4)(5)(6), eight were children 2 to 12 years of age and one was a 27-year-old woman.…”

“…Of these nine patients (2)(3)(4)(5)(6), eight were children 2 to 12 years of age and one was a 27-year-old woman. One patient had a sore throat prior to the eruption (4), one exhibited a mild fever with the skin findings (3), and in one the eruption occurred following a ballet lesson (3).…”