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Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Rheumatoid Nodule
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Rheumatic Diseases > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Rheumatoid Nodule
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Rheumatic Diseases > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Rheumatoid Nodule
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Arthritis > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Rheumatoid Nodule

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Rheumatoid Nodule  

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Entry terms

  • Rheumatoid Noduloses
  • Rheumatoid Nodulosis

Note

  • in rheum arthritis; do not confuse with RHEUMATIC NODULE in rheum fever

Scope note

  • Subcutaneous nodules seen in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. They may arise anywhere on the body, but are most frequently found over the bony prominences. The nodules are characterized histologically by dense areas of fibrinoid necrosis with basophilic streaks and granules, surrounded by a palisade of cells, mainly fibroblasts and histiocytes.

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  • 67(63)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012218

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