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REPORT OF A CASE OF UNUSUAL PHAGEDENIC ULCERATION OF THE SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND MUSCLE OF THE CHEST WALL

WILBERT SACHS, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1936;33(6):977-986.

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Gangrene of the skin¹ (sphaceloderma) may be single or multiple, acute or chronic, local or general (some types are peculiar to certain areas),² symmetrical or asymmetrical, small or extensive. Gangrene may be a sequela to one of a variety of conditions, or it may be spontaneous.³

Crocker stated: "Single gangrenous patches, often of large size, are met with in infants and young children, both spontaneously and as a result of infectious fevers. They start as a vesicle, pustule or bulla."

Gangrenous lesions caused by the ingestion of iodides were reported by R. Parker in a girl aged 10 years and by Audrey in a woman aged 47. Wende reported a fatal case, in which bullous lesions developed in a chronic ulcer on the leg. These subsequently became gangrenous. Streptococci, staphylococci, diplococci and bacilli were found in the bullae and in the gangrenous lesions during . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
JERSEY CITY, N. J.

From the surgical division of Dr. Edgar Burke and from the dermatological department of Dr. Wilbert Sachs, Jersey City Medical Center.

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