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M. J. MORRISSEY, M.D.; H. S. REYNOLDS, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1927;16(2):166-169.

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The paucity of reported cases of Morvan's disease, the importance of the diagnosis of an insidious malady of the nerves through early recognition of associated dermatologic symptoms, and the possible confusion with other lesions of the skin, especially dermatitis artefacta, seem to justify the publication of cases of Morvan's disease that have come under the observation of dermatologists.

Morvan's disease is that type of syringomyelia in which there is a predominance of changes in the skin. Syringomyelia was first recognized in 1800 by Portal. Rachetti described it in 1816 and Olivier named it in 1834. Little attention was paid to its pathologic processes until 1853.

Syringomyelia has been found to be hereditary in several instances, and two cases have occurred in one family. It occurs more often in the physical worker than in the brain worker because of the greater liability of the former to traumas and infections, and, for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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HARTFORD, CONN.

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