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Paul E. Bechet, M.D.; Isadore Rosen, M.D.; George M. Lewis, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1952;65(2):240-243.

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Scleroderma; Sclerodermatomyositis. Presented by DR. GEORGE C. ANDREWS.

J. D., a Jugoslavian woman aged 39, noted some brown spots the size of a quarter on the inner surface of the left hip in 1934. These gradually increased in size. Later, similar spots appeared on the interior aspect of the left arm. In 1937 the patient married and subsequently gave birth to three healthy children. During pregnancy, spots began to appear more extensively, and other parts of the body, especially on the left side, became involved. In 1943 the fingers of the left hand became numb and twitched, and contractures developed. Shortly afterward, twitchings with paresthesia developed on the other arm and both legs. In 1944 she began to have pain in the joints of the left hand and leg, and the numbness spread.

The left upper extremity is in its entirety thinner and weaker than the right. The medial surface . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Co-President; Co-President; Secretary Jan. 9, 1951

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