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JOHN B. LUDY, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1930;21(3):419-430.

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My purpose in this paper is to submit a case presenting all the features essential to the diagnosis of cutaneous neuroma occurring in a patient having tuberculosis.

Because of the rarity of cases observed, neuroma cutis has meant many things to many persons. Wood's¹ "subcutaneous painful tubercles," Rump's² "fibroid tumors of subcutaneous nerves," the so-called false neuromas of Virchow³ and Darnall's⁴ "plexiform neuromas" have all been reported as neuroma cutis.

The term itself, however, limits one to those conditions which deal with growths containing abnormal nerve elements and having their location and development in the true skin. The subcutaneous nodules mentioned, together with the "neurofibromas" of Recklinghausen, and the nodules of nerve tissues springing from amputated nerves will therefore not be included under this title.

Duhring,⁵ Kosinski,⁶ Heidingsfeld,⁷ Little⁸ and Duemling⁹ each reported a separate case that has been accepted as . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Dermatologist to the Pennsylvania, Episcopal and Lankenau Hospitals PHILADELPHIAn

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Aug. 27, 1929.

Read before the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology at the Eightieth Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Portland, Ore., July 12, 1929.

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