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Fred D. Weidman, M.D.; Bertram Shaffer, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1954;69(2):246-249.

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Acrosclerosis and Scleroderma. Presented by DR. CARROLL S. WRIGHT, DR. REUBEN FRIEDMAN, and DR. JACK WEINER.

H. H., a white man aged 51 years, stated that he became ill in 1949. About 18 months ago his fingers and toes became puffy and later the skin became tight, so that by August, 1950, he was unable to close his hands. Later his knees and hips became stiff. He developed pains in the chest and complained that in winter his fingers turned pale and ached on exposure to cold.

On Jan. 23, 1950, he was treated with cortisone and later with sex hormone and corticotropin (ACTH), without improvement. He subsequently complained of "stomach trouble" in the form of substernal burning, difficulty in swallowing, and the spitting up of "dark, jelly-like material." Roentgenographic studies of the gastrointestinal tract and the chest were reported negative.

The patient was a middle-aged white man not appearing . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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