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Indolente coarse knots on the forearm extensor side in chronic polyarthritis.
Indolente coarse, isolated and aggregated nodes in the area of the finger extensor sides in chronic polyarthritis.
Rheumatic nodules. sharply defined "palisade granuloma" located in the deep dermis and in the adjacent subcutaneous fatty tissue. on overview, map-like areas with homogeneous, eosinophilic degeneration (light red areas) of the collagenous connective tissue (fibrinoid necrosis. peripheral delimitation of the granuloma by dense connective tissue.
Detail: Irregularly configured zones with homogeneous, eosinophilic degeneration of collagenous connective tissue (fibrinoidnecrosis ), surrounding palisade-like arranged histiocytes.
Rheumatic nodules. skin-coloured, smooth, non-painful, movable nodules. Occurs not only at the distal interphalangeal joints, but also ulnar, at elbows or above the ears.