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HERMAN CHARACHE, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;46(4):489-495.

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Sarcoids of the skin, according to Ewing,¹ are tumor-like growths, single or multiple, that progress by infiltrating the tissues, often regress or disappear and do not produce metastasis, although appearing in numerous foci. They present in their earliest stages or throughout their existence the histologic picture of an inflammatory lesion, which, however, may sometimes assume a more or less distinct neoplastic character. Members of the group of sarcoids, according to Ewing, are mycosis fungoides, multiple benign sarcoids of Boeck and Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid. It is with the last subject that I endeavor to deal.

The two outstanding papers on Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid were one by Sweitzer² in 1925 and one by Lewis³ in 1935. Lewis collected from the literature 30 cases and reported 4 cases of his own. The last case of Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid was reported by Epstein⁴ in 1940. He stated that only 5 instances of this . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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