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Emanuel Muskatblit, M.D.; Henry Silver, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;73(2):168-174.

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Abacterial Form of Endocarditis (?) with Necrosis of an Ear. Presented by DR. FRANCES PASCHER.

J. L., a 39-year-old man, was presented originally on Feb. 19, 1948 (Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 61:136-137, 1950) as a "Case for Diagnosis (Banti's Disease Associated with Purpura? Latent Syphilis?)." The essential features of the history were: rheumatic fever at 14, penile chancre at 24, intensive antisyphilitic therapy from 1934-1937 (arsphenamine and bismuth subsalicylate), mitral and aortic systolic murmurs and electrocardiographic changes indicative of "probable myocardial damage," alcoholism, "black and blue spots" on the lower extremities and the left ear for two years, and a throbbing sensation in the left ear for three months.

The essential physical findings on admission to the Skin and Cancer Clinic in December, 1947, were as follows: bluish discoloration with a central area of necrosis and crust formation of the helix of the left ear, purpura of the lower extremities, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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