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Hamilton Montgomery, M.D.; H. Rattner, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1939;40(2):308-319.

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A Case for Diagnosis (Scrofuloderma?). Presented by DR. E. A. OLIVER and DR. F. J. KENDRICK, Gary, Ind. (by invitation).

O. D. J., a white man aged 31, was seen for the first time two days ago, and the history has been gathered piecemeal from him and by mail from several former medical attendants.

His trouble began ten years ago with "boils" on the face and the back of the neck. Since the onset the cervical, axillary and inguinal lymph glands, the scrotal region and the ischiorectal area have become involved. Wasserman tests of the blood, tuberculin tests and roentgenograms of the chest have all been reported as giving negative results. Tissue examined when a rectal sinus was removed in 1937 was said to have shown acute and chronic inflammation and no tubercles or actinomyces. Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus coli were cultured from this tissue; Bacillus proteus was cultured from . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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