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M. T. VAN STUDDIFORD, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1938;38(5):737-745.

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Michael¹ has reviewed the subject of acne fully; however, he left open the discussion as to causation by factors now unknown. Among the causes considered he referred to the work of von Kemeri² and of Ramel^2a on tuberculosis and its relation to acne.

Because certain acneform eruptions did not respond to the usual methods of treatment of acne, I was prompted to perform tuberculin tests in many cases of obstinate involvement and followed these tests with administration of tuberculin as a therapeutic measure. Later, routine tuberculin tests were made on all patients with cystic acne who were free of pyogenic infections or menstrual disturbances.

Michelson and Winer³ reviewed tuberculodermas of the face and classified them. In conclusion they stated:

In reviewing the forms of tuberculosis which may occur on the face we believe that the variations in the clinical findings and the similarities in the histologic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Read at the Sixty-First Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Inc., Del Monte, Calif., June 10, 1938.

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