subcutaneous nodules


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SUBCUTANEOUS NODULES

subcutaneous nodules

Small, nontender swellings resembling Aschoff's bodies and found over bony prominences in persons with rheumatic fever or rheumatoid arthritis (in rheumatoid arthritis, they are called rheumatoid nodules). See: illustrationSee also: nodule