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PHILADELPHIA DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY

PHILADELPHIA DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Tuberculous Abscesses. Presented by Dr. Markowitz. A child, aged 2 years, who was presented at the April, 1928, meeting as having a case of tuberculous abscesses of the skin, showed on later presentation, lesions which were almost healed. Dr. Harkins of the Research Institute of Cutaneous Medicine, who performed a biopsy in April, was puzzled by the absence of Bacillus tuberculosis. Histologically, the lesions were tuberculous. Sunshine and good food, may have been responsible for the improvement. DISCUSSION Dr. Weidman: I want to call attention to the minute impressions on the surface of the lesions, which look like comedones. In the lesion on the thigh, however, I found minute but obvious sinuses. The condition interested me because I saw two cases of sebaceous cyst, both in negroes, in the tuberculosis wards at the Philadelphia General Hospital. Eventually a necropsy was performed, showing an advanced stage of tuberculosis. There were swellings http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1929 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0096-6029
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10.1001/archderm.1929.02380200159017
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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Tuberculous Abscesses. Presented by Dr. Markowitz. A child, aged 2 years, who was presented at the April, 1928, meeting as having a case of tuberculous abscesses of the skin, showed on later presentation, lesions which were almost healed. Dr. Harkins of the Research Institute of Cutaneous Medicine, who performed a biopsy in April, was puzzled by the absence of Bacillus tuberculosis. Histologically, the lesions were tuberculous. Sunshine and good food, may have been responsible for the improvement. DISCUSSION Dr. Weidman: I want to call attention to the minute impressions on the surface of the lesions, which look like comedones. In the lesion on the thigh, however, I found minute but obvious sinuses. The condition interested me because I saw two cases of sebaceous cyst, both in negroes, in the tuberculosis wards at the Philadelphia General Hospital. Eventually a necropsy was performed, showing an advanced stage of tuberculosis. There were swellings

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Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology – American Medical Association

Published: Feb 1, 1929

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