asymptomatic skin coloured nodules in a pregnant lady

Satyaki Ganguly, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Katihar Medical College, P.O.. E-mail: satyakiganguly@ yahoo.co.in Departments of Dermatology, Venereology and Lepros

Indian Dermatology Online Journal - June 2011 - Volume 2 - Issue 1 47

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Dr Satyaki Ganguly,

Department of

Dermatology,

Venereology and

Leprosy, Katihar Medical

College, P.O Box No 23,

Karim Bagh, Katihar -

854 105, Bihar, India

E-mail: satyakiganguly@

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Departments of

Dermatology,

Venereology and Leprosy

and 1Pathology, Katihar

Medical College, Katihar

-854 105, Bihar, India

SkIndia Quiz 2 Asymptomatic skin coloured nodules in a pregnant lady

Satyaki Ganguly, Kranti C Jaykar, Rajesh Kumar1

SkIndia Quiz

A 25-year-old female patient in the fifth month

of pregnancy presented with multiple firm skin coloured to yellowish elevated lesions on her extremities since the last 7 months According

to her the lesions became more extensive after she became pregnant

The systemic examination did not reveal abnormality Cutaneous examination showed

multiple firm skin coloured to yellowish nodules

on the dorsum and margins of feet, tendo-achilles, pretibial area, dorsum of the hand and extensor aspect of the forearm [Figure 1] Blood counts and routine chemistry were normal A skin biopsy [Figure 2] from one of the nodules showed plenty of foam cells with few fibroblasts and collagen bundles in the dermis

Figure 1: Multiple yellowish nodules on the margins

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DOI: 10.4103/2229-5178.79850

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