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Maurice J. Costello, M.D.; Wilbert Sachs, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1951;63(6):782-786.

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Keratosis Blennorrhagica. Presented by DR. F. PHILIP LOWENFISH.

G. W., a Negro aged 27, is presented from City Hospital with a painful swelling of all joints, associated with fever, and an eruption on the scalp and feet of seven years' duration, with an acute exacerbation for the past two months.

Seven years ago the patient noted painful swelling of the ankles, which slowly progressed to involve all the joints. Four years ago a vesicular eruption appeared on the soles, with a resulting thick crust formation that has continued to the present. During the current exacerbation subungual areas of the middle fingers have also become involved.

In January 1947 the patient was admitted to Sydenham Hospital, where a diagnosis of gonorrheal urethritis, prostatitis, arthritis and acute iritis was made. Treatment consisted in nonspecific protein therapy and administration of sulfadiazine. The arthritis and the urethritis improved. Use of atropine and penicillin . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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