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DETROIT DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY

DETROIT 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 Erythema Induratum. Presented by Dr. Parkhurst. Mrs. G. B., aged 28, a housewife, had had the condition for nine years, the legs being affected, especially on their posterior aspects. There were several medium coin sized erythematous and indurated patches, and many large coin to palm sized scars at the sites of healed ulcers. There was a large coin sized, ragged ulcer on the middle third of the calf of each leg. At various times, different local applications, roentgen rays, ultraviolet rays, rest in bed, and cod liver oil internally had been used with more or less apparent benefit, but there were always occasional exacerbations, during which new, tender nodules appeared. DISCUSSION Dr. Wile: Considering this as an embolic tuberculous process, I would recommend a search for a focus of tuberculosis. In a case which I saw recently, the lesions disappeared after the removal of a calcified cervical lymph node.Dr. 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 © 1926 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0096-6029
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10.1001/archderm.1926.02370230129015
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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 Erythema Induratum. Presented by Dr. Parkhurst. Mrs. G. B., aged 28, a housewife, had had the condition for nine years, the legs being affected, especially on their posterior aspects. There were several medium coin sized erythematous and indurated patches, and many large coin to palm sized scars at the sites of healed ulcers. There was a large coin sized, ragged ulcer on the middle third of the calf of each leg. At various times, different local applications, roentgen rays, ultraviolet rays, rest in bed, and cod liver oil internally had been used with more or less apparent benefit, but there were always occasional exacerbations, during which new, tender nodules appeared. DISCUSSION Dr. Wile: Considering this as an embolic tuberculous process, I would recommend a search for a focus of tuberculosis. In a case which I saw recently, the lesions disappeared after the removal of a calcified cervical lymph node.Dr.

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Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology – American Medical Association

Published: Nov 1, 1926

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