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WITH REPORT AND DISCUSSION OF A CASE

THOR JAGER, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1925;12(5):629-641.

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Colloid degeneration, which has also been described under the title colloid milium or hyaloma, is a rare disease. I have been unable to find more than nineteen authentic cases reported in the literature since Wagner first described it in 1866. In addition to these genuine cases, a number of others have been reported by various writers which I feel cannot be accepted because they differ so materially, clinically as well as histologically, from the other cases cited. Liveing's¹ three cases reported under this title cannot be accepted as genuine, especially since he did not make any histologic examination of the lesions he described. Henry Fox² described a case of colloid degeneration of the skin, which later he himself admitted to be a case of acnitis, and therefore cannot be considered. One of Jarisch's cases published under the title of "Colloidoma Ulcerosum" should probably not be accepted either, although . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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WICHITA, KAN.

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