A CASE FOR DIAGNOSIS. Presented by DR. WHITE for DR. STOKES.
C. M., a man, aged 34, married, had had bilateral deep ulcerated lesions on the dorsa of the feet for a month. Biopsy showed chronic inflammation. Serology was negative. Fixed dressings were applied, but the ulcers did not yield.
DISCUSSION
DR. GREENBAUM: My impression is that this is a traumatic ulcer with secondary infection.
DR. STOKES: We could find no reason for the lesion. The interesting feature is the bilateral configuration.
DR. WRIGHT: Sometimes a simple traumatic lesion develops into a lesion of this character. I saw a case in which there was a deep lesion that started as a simple traumatic abrasion, the lesion developing into an ulcer in three or four days, apparently as a result of secondary infection.
DR. WHITE: This patient's wife told me that the patient came home intoxicated, and she thought that he
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