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RICHARD L. SUTTON, Jr., M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1938;38(1):26-31.

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A white boy 3 years old was presented at my clinic in the University of Kansas Hospital in August 1937 because of an acute inflammation of the skin, which I diagnosed as Engman's infectious eczematoid dermatitis. This healed in due time without event.

The condition of the feet was not a complaint, but it had features which merit description and interpretation.

The upper panel in the figure shows one great toe of the mother (A) and both great toes of the boy (B). Underlying the interphalangeal joints of both great toes of mother and son were transversely grooved hyperkeratoses. These calluses were circumscribed but faded into the normal skin distally, proximally and on both sides. The grooves were creases, with plane sides and sharp angles within their depths. They were exactly like the longitudinal, calloused plantar grooves seen, in the feet of women who wear too narrow shoes, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Instructor in Dermatology, University of Kansas School of Medicine KANSAS CITY, MO.

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