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PRESUMABLE CURE BY SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A LESION

N. E. WAYSON, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1937;36(6):1185-1186.

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REPORT OF A CASE

In January 1933 a French priest aged 61, who was officiating in his clerical capacity at the settlement in Hawaii for the care of lepers (Kalaupapa), requested consultation for a cutaneous eruption. This consisted of three closely set dusky red infiltrated lesions on his brow, centrally placed and close to the line that would have been his hair line had he not been bald. The patient stated that he had noticed the lesions for the first time several weeks previously, since which time they had persisted and grown larger. They were regarded as small hard papules when first noticed. Two of the lesions were acuminately nodular, with bases about 1 cm. in diameter. The third was also an elevated lesion but had a flat top and measured about 2 cm. across the base. The infiltration was firm and myxedematous, and the lesions appeared to be coalescing. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Senior Surgeon, United States Public Health Service STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.

Footnotes
Published with the approval of the Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, but without his responsibility for the subject-matter.

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