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REPORT OF FIVE CASES

WILBERT SACHS, M.D.; GEORGE M. LEWIS, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1937;36(6):1202-1209.

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Naevus syringadenomatosus papilliferus (Werther¹), or naevus syringocystadenomatosus papilliferus, appears to be a rare dermatosis when judged by the few cases reported in the United States. Weidman² described a section showing the typical structure; the nevus was discussed by McCarthy.³ The only case report from this country which we have found was published by Stokes,⁴ who discussed the clinical and histologic features of the dermatosis and gave several references to prior investigations. Reports of cases from foreign countries are somewhat more numerous: the pathogenesis was well described by Gans,⁵ Kyrle,⁶ Dörffel⁷ and Cardenal.⁸ Recently, cases have been reported by Fessler,⁹ Biberstein,¹⁰ Dörffel,⁷ and González Medina and Bigne.¹¹

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Frieboes¹² gave a résumé of the clinical features of the disease. According to him, the favorite sites are the shoulders, the axillae, the genito-inguinal and surrounding regions and the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
JERSEY CITY, N. J.; NEW YORK

From the Skin and Cancer Unit, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University.

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