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REPORT OF A CASE OF GENERALIZED CUTANEOUS DISTRIBUTION AND PULMONARY INVOLVEMENT, WITH CLINICAL CURE WITH TUBERCULIN

S. IRGANG, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1939;40(1):35-44.

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Much progress has been made in the study of sarcoid since Boeck¹ revealed this clinical entity. In addition to Boeck² dermatologists are indebted to Jüngling,³ Schaumann,⁴ Kuznitzky and Bittorf,⁵ Kyrle,⁶ Jadassohn⁷ and many others for the attainment of a sound understanding of this disease.

It has been shown repeatedly⁸ that the cutaneous eruption is merely a visible indication of a systemic disease, the tubercle bacillus being the most likely inciting agent. Kyrle's^6b success in demonstrating the presence of the tubercle bacillus in the early efflorescences in the banal inflammatory response and its gradual disappearance simultaneous with the onset of a tuberculoid histologic structure in mature lesions is undeniable evidence of tuberculous causation. These observations were confirmed by Ruete.⁹ It thus became evident that the local immunologic response was capable of altering or destroying the micro-organism and hence preventing its detection . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Harlem Hospital.

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