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KMJ-Kuwait Medical Journal. 1996; 28 (4): 489-92
in English
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ABSTRACT
This case report describes a young Lebanese man with acute polyarthritis, fever and tender erythematous nodules on both shins. The nodules had the appearance of typical erythema nodosum [EN]. An algorithmic approach to acute arthritis with erythema nodosum led to a diagnosis of Lofgren's syndrome that is a variety of acute sarcoidosis. Differential diagnosis of acute arthritis with EN in males is discussed