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Claude Bazil Norris, M.D.; C. L. Cummer, M.D.; J. R. Driver, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1938;38(1):130-136.

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Atopic Eczema and Asthma with Bilateral Cataract. Presented by DR. W. F. SCHWARTZ (from the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Cleveland City Hospital).

E. W., a woman aged 23, has had asthma since the age of 13 and generalized eczema for the past five years. She received one roentgen treatment, which included the face, shortly after the eczema started. For the past three years she has noted that her vision was failing, particularly in the right eye.

Examination of the right eye reveals complete opacity of the lens, with total blindness. There is subcapsular opacity in the left eye, which causes markedly diminished vision.

There is generalized chronic atopic eczema.

Gastric analysis revealed achlorhydria. The differential blood count was normal with the exception of 20 per cent eosinophils. The basal metabolic rate was — 5 per cent. The calcium content of the blood was 10.2 mg. and the phosphorus content . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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