Bazin disease
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| ICD-10 | A18.4 (ILDS A18.482) | |
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| ICD-9 | 017.1 | |
| DiseasesDB | 1272 | |
| MeSH | C01.252.410.040.552.846.583.260 | |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: Erythema induratum; nodular vasculitis
Overview
Bazin disease is a skin ulceration on the back of the calves. It was formerly thought to be a reaction to the tuberculum bacillus. It is very rare now.
Historical Perspective
It is named for Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin.[1][2]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Gender
It occurs mainly in women.
External links
- ↑ Template:WhoNamedIt
- ↑ P. A. E. Bazin. Leçons théoriques et cliniques sur la scrofule, considérée en ellemême et dans ses rapports avec la syphilis, la dartre et l'arthritis. 2nd edition, Paris, 1861. Page 145 and 501.