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Irene Neuhauser, M.D.; Samuel M. Bluefarb, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;73(4):405-413.

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Case for Diagnosis: Lupus Erythematosus (?) Presented by DR. ALBERT H. SLEPYAN.

DISCUSSION

DR. HENRY MICHELSON, Minneapolis: The entire question of lymphocytic inflammation in lesions which are diagnosed as lupus erythematosus is a very difficult one. I do not think that one can take the component parts of a microscopic section and pick out a particular feature and make the diagnosis of lupus erythematosus from that. The diagnosis is made on the entire evaluation. I do not believe that one can talk of a lymphocytic type of lupus erythematosus. There may be certain localized lymphocytic infiltrations which give the morphologic characteristics of lupus erythematosus and still are not that disease, but I believe that most of the cases that are so diagnosed are really examples of lupus erythematosus in which the infiltrate is particularly heavy.

Scleroderma. Presented by DR. F. J. KENDRICK.

DISCUSSION

DR. LOUIS A. BRUNSTING, Rochester, Minn.: This . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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