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REPORT OF A CASE WITH COMPLETE POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION

ROBERT C. HORN, Jr., M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;44(6):1086-1097.

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It is the purpose of this paper to present a case of poikilodermatomyositis with a complete postmortem examination, as such reports are relatively rare, especially in the American literature.

In 1906 G. Petges and Cléjat¹ described a disease which they termed "atrophic sclerosis of the skin and generalized myositis." In 1929, after observing additional cases and noting similarities to the cutaneous lesions described by Jacobi² and designated "poikilodermia atrophicans vascularis," G. Petges³ gave the condition the name "poikilodermatomyositis." The subject of the poikilodermas in general and of poikilodermatomyositis in particular has been thoroughly reviewed by G. Petges and A. Petges.⁴ They distinguished three forms of poikiloderma: (1) a purely cutaneous form; (2) poikilodermatomyositis, a form associated with generalized myositis, and (3) poikilodermatomyositis accompanied by subcutaneous calcareous concretions. In their article Petges and Petges recorded 29 reported instances of poikilodermatomyositis. In 4 of these the condition was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Pathology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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