THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXVI
March, 1908
NO. 3.
Tuberculosis of Right Hand. (?)
Presented by DR. WHITEHOUSE.
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Dr. Fox was inclined to think the case specific in character—mainly from its appearance, and from the condition which is so often seen in the ankle. Many such cases used to be known at the New York Dispensary as the "syphilitic hoof," the bones being greatly enlarged with superficial nodules.
J Cutan Dis. March 1908;26(3):131-132.
Editor's Comment
Visual references to Nature are among medicine's most effective mnemonic devices. Sometimes—like an advertisement that you can remember, but not the product it's pushing—these allusions can be a bit too clever. I really admire the coinage of LEOPARD syndrome by Gorlin et al,1 but except for the lentigines, my recall of the rest of the complex is spotty at best. We have previously tested . . . [Full Text of this Article]