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EUGENE P. SCHOCH, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1952;66(3):384-390.

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FIVE CASES of chronic rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly, and leucopenia in middle-aged adults were described by Felty¹ in 1924. Other somewhat inconsistent clinical features included slight secondary anemia, lymphadenopathy, lowgrade fever, weight loss, and yellowish-brown pigmentation and dusty nodules in the skin. Still² previously had described a form of chronic arthritis occurring in children, accompanied with lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly, but with leucocytosis rather than leucopenia. Chauffard and Raymond³ similarly had reported adenopathy occurring in adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Thus, the somewhat confused literature has referred to a heterogeneous group of conditions as StillChauffard-Felty's disease.

There have been numerous reports of cases fitting Felty's original description.⁴ A statistical review of cases of rheumatoid arthritis supports Felty's original concept that the syndrome is a single pathologic process caused by a noxa which affects the joints, spleen, and leucocytes. However, such a review questions the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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MINNEAPOLIS

From the Division of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, H. E. Michelson, M.D., Director, and the Department of Dermatology, Minneapolis General Hospital, Carl W. Laymon, M.D., Director.

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