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Louis H. Winer, M.D.; Kenneth L. Stout, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(3):321-324.

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Poikilodermatomyositis Associated with Adenocarcinoma (Bronchogenic?). Presented by DR. MARGARET ANN STORKAN and (by invitation) DR. R. W. REA and DR. S. W. BECKER, Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital.

In February, 1955, a 45-year-old white man used mercurial prophylaxis intraurethrally. Within a week he developed a generalized pruritic dry rash, which in two weeks became edematous and painful. The edema was primarily periorbital, and the pain was a generalized muscular aching. He was given thyroid pills and a lotion. Shortly thereafter the eruption became exudative, and he developed oliguria. On March 11, 1955, he was hospitalized because of renal shutdown, and a diagnosis of mercurial intoxication with exfoliative dermatitis was made. His urine output was diminished and contained many RBC, WBC, with 1 + albumin; NPN 49; CO2 21 mEq; chlorides 97 mEq; Na 137 mEq; K 4.9 mEq. urine was negative for arsenic. Muscle biopsy of the left thigh showed . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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