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(ACANTHOSIS PAPULOSA NIGRA)

F. A. DIASIO, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1933;27(5):751-755.

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Since Castellani's original communication,¹ cases have been reported by Castellani and Duval.² Michael and Seale³ and myself.⁴ Furthermore, many observers (Wise,⁵ Fox,⁶ MacKee⁷ and others) have since recalled having seen similar cases previous to Castellani's report in 1925, which they, at that time, had diagnosed as flat warts, tiny nevi and a host of other clinical entities.

Castellani² noted that "numerous black or dark brownish papules, somewhat cupoliform or at times flattened, are seen on the face, principally on both malar regions ; while they are usually rare or absent on the lower parts of the face and chin, a few may be present on the forehead." Michael and Seale³ enlarged this clinical concept and established, as a result of their microscopic studies, the nosologic position by showing that the lesion is a nevus, characterized histologically by an irregular, noninflammatory acanthosis . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
From the service of D. D. Stetson, Department of Dermatology, Lincoln Hospital.

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