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Leonard F. Weber, M.D.; Michael H. Ebert, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;45(5):990-1000.

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Acrodermatitis Atrophicans. Presented by DR. ARTHUR W. STILLIANS.

A nurse aged 64, of Swedish birth, had pains in the sternum and shoulders in 1906 which resulted in the formation of a large mass on the right side of the sternum at the height of the third costal cartilage. Some years ago she noticed red swellings on the ankles which slowly progressed up the legs and thighs. These swellings were painless and not tender. Later the same process attacked the backs of the hands and spread upward above the elbows. Within the last twenty years she has had three epitheliomas on the face which were cleared up by curettage, cautery and irradiation.

Examination of the blood showed hemoglobin (Sahli) 92 per cent, erythrocytes 5,430,000 and leukocytes 6,000, with a differential distribution of 1 per cent band neutrophils, 60 per cent segmented neutrophils, 36 per cent lymphocytes and 3 per cent monocytes. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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