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ITS CLINICAL PICTURE AND SUCCESSFUL THERAPY

PAUL GROSS, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;44(6):1060-1077.

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Allergic eczema in its various phases of sensitization to contact substances, food, inhalants, bacteria and fungi has detracted interest from other forms of eczematous dermatitis which could not be explained by an allergic mechanism. Nummular eczema is such an entity, known since Devergie¹ first described it. It was later called neurotic eczema by Brocq and was described by Pollitzer² as "recurrent eczematoid affection of the hands." Chipman³ presented a clearcut clinical picture and discussed the history and differential diagnosis. In the discussion of Chipman's paper, Pollitzer expressed his view and called the eruption sui generis and worthy of investigation. Becker and Obermayer,⁴ in their truly modern book, called nummular eczema a type of exudative neurodermatitis of Kreibich. These authors referred justly to the misunderstandings which have beset dermatologists in the discussion of eczema.

CLINICAL PICTURE

The name nummular eczema denotes the appearance of the discrete, coin-shaped . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Dermatology of the Vanderbilt Clinic and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Footnotes
This work was supported in part by a grant from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.

Read before the Section on Dermatology at the Ninety-Second Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Cleveland, June 6, 1941.

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