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J. Frank Fraser, M.D.; Paul E. Bechet, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1930;22(4):760-767.

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ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. Presented by DR. J. FRANK FRASER.

In a man, aged 53, changes in the skin first appeared in February, 1929, as ring-shaped erythematous lesions situated on the abdomen and on the back. The case was presented as an example of erythema multiforme figuratum perstans. There was no history of the ingestion of drugs.

DISCUSSION

DR. WALTER J. HIGHMAN: I agree with the diagnosis. I have no idea why the eruption is present. I have seen cases of this sort in patients with false teeth and no tonsils.

DR. FRED WISE: Have you tried injections of whole blood?

DR. WALTER J. HIGHMAN: It might help to give calcium intravenously.

DR. GEORGE M. MACKEE: I should first try a more simple treatment. Eruptions due to drugs have been ruled out, I understand, so that the condition is probably one of erythema multiforme due to toxemia of some sort. It may . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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