Janeway lesions and Osler's nodes: a review of histopathologic findings.
The histologic findings in Osler's nodes and Janeway lesions have been reported rarely; we found descriptions of only 10 such cases, mostly from the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature. We found gram-positive coccobacilli in the dermal abscess of a Janeway lesion from a patient with bacterial endocarditis. This finding suggests that septic microemboli are the cause.
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Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus