Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Nicolau syndrome (livedoid dermatitis): an overview
Journal: Journal
of The Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society
Year: 2019
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
We
read the article entitled ‘‘Diclofenac sodium-induced livedoid dermatitis
(Nicolau syndrome) in an obese patient’’ in the esteemed ‘‘Journal of the
Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society’’ with great interest. Anany et al
reported an elderly female who developed a unilateral painful ulcer around the
site of a diclofenac sodium injection.