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REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH GOLD SODIUM THIOSULPHATE, AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

HENRY D. NILES, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1930;22(4):687-697.

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Lichen nitidus is a comparatively rare disease which was first described by Pinkus¹ in 1901. He reported nine cases, all in men. The eruption consisted of flat-topped, shiny, pinkish papules which were neither confluent nor grouped, and which were most frequent on the genitalia, breasts, abdomen and arms, in the order named.

Histologic examination showed a hemispherical granuloma in the upper cutis, composed of epithelioid and giant cells. The basal cell layer was lacking under the overlying epithelium. The papillae were horny and partly hyperkeratotic. No bacteria were found. The picture was that of an infectious granuloma. Pinkus stated that the differential diagnosis lay between verruca plana, lichen planus and lichen scrofulosus. The penis was involved in all of the twelve cases reported by Arndt² (Berlin), and in one case the mucous membrane also. He believed that the disease was of tuberculous origin. The animal inoculations in Kyrle's . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Assistant Physician in Dermatology, Cornell University Medical School; Clinical Assistant in Dermatology and Syphilology, New York Post Graduate Medical School NEW YORK

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Cornell Clinic, Service of Dr. Hans J. Schwartz.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, March 24, 1930.

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