All issues > Volume 33(4); 1990

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1990;33(4):528-533. Published online April 30, 1990.

A case of Erythema Nodosum due to Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis.

Keun Hee Chung¹, Hong Jong Joo¹, Yoo Mi Kim¹, Soon Ki Kim¹, Moon Soo Park¹, Jin Keun Chang¹, Sung Woo Shin¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Han II General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received: September 30, 1989;  Accepted: November 1, 1989.

Abstract

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection is one of the common causes of erythema nodosum in Europe, but in Korea only 2 cases have been reported. Recently authors experienced a 6 year old boy who suffered from erythematous painful skin lesions on the shin and calf, and was diagnosed serologically as erythema nodosum due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection. So we report here the clinical findings of this case with a brief review of the literatures.

Keywords :Erythema nodosum, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis