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Henry Silver, M.D.; Eugene F. Kelley, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1936;33(6):1095-1098.

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FOLLICULITIS DECALVANS ET ATROPHICANS (LITTLE). Presented by DR. SAMUEL FELDMAN.

W. B., a woman aged 46, has an irrelevant history except for an attack of acute colitis in May 1935. About the end of July of the same year, she noticed that the hair of the scalp was falling out. The loss of hair became gradually worse, and when the patient was examined on Oct. 15, 1935, she presented many small areas of baldness scattered over the scalp. These bald spots were smooth, round and slightly depressed. The follicles between the affected areas were hyperkeratotic, and the hairs, when present, were surrounded by a horny collar at their base.

The patient received two roentgen exposures of skin unit (50 roentgens) at an interval of one week; this treatment was followed by weekly ultraviolet irradiation from a quartz mercury vapor glow lamp. The keratosis became markedly diminished, but the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Secretary Regular Meeting, Nov. 27, 1935; President

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