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. 2020 Dec 27:8:2050313X20984118.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X20984118. eCollection 2020.

A case of milker's nodules in Saskatchewan, Canada

Zoë C Phillips  1 , Karen I Holfeld  1 , Amanda Ls Lang  2 , Lindsay D Richels  1
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A case of milker's nodules in Saskatchewan, Canada

Zoë C Phillips et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

We present a case of milker's nodules in a 41-year-old rancher from Saskatchewan, Canada, with secondary complications consisting of papular erythema and lymphadenopathy.

Keywords: Milker’s nodule; Saskatchewan; farmyard pox; parapoxvirus; pseudocowpox virus.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Milker’s nodules on right hand. Acute weeping nodule and papulonodule.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Milker’s nodules, post-punch biopsy.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Papular erythema.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Mild scarring, 7 months following nodule development.
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