Features
- Tender
- Erythematous
- Raised
- Lesions on the palms or soles
Pathophysiology
- Antibody binds to antigen
- Immune complexes form
- Complexes are deposited in the tissues
- Immune complexes trigger tissue inflammation
Causes
- Infective endocarditis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Marantic endocarditis
- Disseminated gonococcal infection
- Distal to infected arterial catheter
See also
- Osler's node
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