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REPORT OF A CASE

SAUL S. ROBINSON, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1936;34(2):251-252.

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Dermatitis due to tryparsamide is rare. Ebaugh and Dickson¹ Skoog,² O'Leary and Becker,³ Phelps⁴ and Bragman⁵ recorded a total of 6 cases of dermatitis caused by the drug, during thirteen years of its use. Robinson⁶ mentioned 3 instances of mild dermatitis occurring from 50,000 injections of tryparsamide. Phelps⁴ observed 1 mild cutaneous reaction from 4,488 injections. Two cases of fixed eruption due to tryparsamide have been reported.⁶⁷ The infrequent occurrence of dermatitis resulting from treatment with tryparsamide warrants a report of the following case.

REPORT OF CASE

Mrs. A. T., aged 34, a waitress, was first seen by me in May 1934, with a diagnosis of cerebrospinal syphilis. The reactions of the blood and spinal fluid to the Wassermann test were positive. The patient had received 12 injections of neoarsphenamine in 1931; after each there were nausea, vomiting, chills and fever . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LOS ANGELES

From the Good Hope Clinic, Department of Dermatology.

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