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Query: UMLS:C0000737 (
abdominal pain
)
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Erythema annulare centrifugum
(
EAC
), a chronic figurate eruption, occurred in a 28-year-old male physician several months following the onset of recurrent
abdominal pain
. Two months after the manifestation of
EAC
, another episode of
abdominal pain
culminated in appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. During his convalescence, the skin lesions faded and did not reappear. We propose that recurrent appendiceal inflammation caused both the episodic pain and the skin eruptions. Additionally
EAC
may be a sign of chronic infection, internal malignancy, or food allergy. Although truly chronic appendicitis is a disputed entity, recurrent, spontaneously resolving episodes of appendicitis occasionally do precede surgical appendicitis. The presence of
EAC
in a patient having recurrent
abdominal pain
should discourage a precipitant diagnosis of functional illness and prompt further investigation.
...
PMID:Recurrent acute appendicitis with erythema annulare centrifugum. 648 95
