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ITS RELATION TO TROPHEDEMA AND ITS PATHOGENESIS

MAX HELFAND, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1938;37(5):809-815.

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Scleredema adultorum (Buschke)¹ is a rare disease. Only two cases have been reported in the American literature, by Epstein,² who termed the condition a "distinct entity that has a definite clinical course and characteristic histophathology." Following is a report of a complete study of a case,³ including cutaneous capillaroscopy and examination of biopsy material with various stains. There is a controversy in the literature of the world as to whether this disease is a clinical entity. While members of the German school affirm its identity, the French authors doubt or deny it. The latter contend that scleredema is a unique variety of trophedema. I believe that my findings add light to this question, as well as to knowledge of the nature and the pathogenesis of scleredema adultorum.

REPORT OF A CASE

R. G., a housewife aged 37, came to the clinic complaining of stiffness of her face, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Associate in Neurology and Psychiatry, Post-Graduate Faculty of Columbia University NEW YORK

From the Neurologic Clinic of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.

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