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FIRST REPORT OF CASES FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND INVESTIGATIONS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF LANGHANS' GIANT CELLS

C. M. HASSELMANN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1934;29(4):585-596.

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The dermatologic entity which was first described by Biett,¹ in 1828, as "érythème centrifuge" and which was named "seborrhoea congestiva" by Hebra,² in 1845, after the dominating clinical aspect, has been known since the report of Cazenave,³ in 1851, as "lupus erythematosus." Ever since Cazenave's description its pathologic relationship to lupus vulgaris and other forms of cutaneous tuberculosis has focused the interest of dermatologists on this disease.

The scarcity of lupus erythematosus in the tropics in general and among natives in particular led me to report my observations. The case of a native Filipina will be discussed at some length, both on account of its being the first reported case of lupus erythematosus in a native of the Philippine Islands and on account of its interesting pathologic and clinical features.

ETIOLOGY OF LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (DISCOIDEUS)

The parakeratotic scaling, the follicular inflammation and the hypertrophy of the sebaceous . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Head of the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology, St. Luke's Hospital Dispensary MANILA, P. I.

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