title: Nummular eczema of statis origin. The backbone of a morphologic pattern of diverse etiology.
abstract: A total of 113 patients with nummular eruptions of unknown origin were collected over a period of 8 years. This number was reduced to 82 patients by exclusion of known clinical entities which became unmasked during the study. All 82 patients were found to have varicose veins and/or edema of the lower extremities. Autoeczematization may be the common denominator.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004485:Eczema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004487:Edema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D014648:Varicose Veins