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L. F. X. Wilhelm, M.D.; Samuel Ayres, Jr., M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1934;29(5):730-735.

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SYPHILITIC SYNOVIAL CYST. Presented by DR. SAUL ROBINSON for DR. KENDAL FROST.

This patient has had a lesion on the right middle finger for about two months. It is a dark red, soft nodule not tender to the touch. A cutaneous test for syphilis has repeatedly been strongly positive. The nodule and erythema subsided with antisyphilitic therapy, but the lesion enlarged again until it reached its present size. There was a local Herxheimer reaction after the first injection of neoarsphenamine. The Wassermann reaction of the blood has been repeatedly 1 plus or doubtful. The Wassermann reaction of the spinal fluid has been negative.

DISCUSSION

DR. IRVING R. BANCROFT: I have seen a number of similar cysts in connection with Heberden's nodes.

DR. SAMUEL AYRES, JR.: The lesion appears to be a hemangioma rather than a synovial cyst. It is very soft, superficial and purplish, and on squeezing it one can . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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