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Howard J. Parkhurst, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1926;14(4):491-497.

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UNUSUAL FORM OF CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS. Presented by DR. U. J. WILE and DR. H. L. KEIM.

D. W., aged 19, unmarried, a student, had first noticed a nodule on the left calf five years previously. It broke down and discharged, and healed in the hospital. This leg was amputated four and one-half years later, following a surgical accident.

Three months before the presentation, small nodules appeared on the other leg, which were deepseated and slightly tender, and which soon broke down, leaving a necrotic center, and discharged a small amount of thin, clear, seropurulent material. These lesions tended to heal spontaneously. The tuberculin reaction, on several occasions, was strongly positive, but guinea-pig inoculations of both tissue and serum from the lesions remained negative after two months. The blood picture was within normal limits, and the physical examination and roentgenograms of the chest revealed no evidence of healed or active pulmonary . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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