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WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT

WILLIAM P. BOARDMAN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1929;19(6):901-916.

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The early history of scleroderma is confused with that of leprosy, ichthyosis and keloid. Under the name of ichthyosis corii, Curzio,¹ in 1752, described a case which was probably diffuse scleroderma. Alibert² and Addison,³ under the name of true keloid, distinguished the localized form of scleroderma from false keloid, the latter being what is now called keloid. Henke⁴ described the infantile form of the disease clearly and in a footnote gave a typical case of the diffuse type in the adult. He called it Verhaertung des Zellgewebes or induratio telae cellularis. Fagge⁵ reported an interesting postmortem examination of the skin and liver in a case of diffuse "scleriasis." T. C. Fox⁶ gave an interesting account of the early history of the disease. In 1895, Lewin and Heller⁷ reviewed the whole subject up to that date, collecting reports of more than 500 cases from . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON

From the Department of Diseases of the Skin, Boston City Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Oct. 24, 1928.

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