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Margaret Ann Storkan, M.D.
Redondo Beach, Calif.

Lyon Rowe, M.D.
Los Angeles

AMA Arch Derm. 1957;75(4):588.

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To the Editor: The Third Spanish-Latin American Congress of Dermatology was held in Mexico, D. F., during the last week in October, 1956. Approximately 146 dermatologists registered, including distinguished physicians from France, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, and the United States. Many were accompanied by their families.

The program included 87 scientific papers, read in French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian. These covered three general categories: The mycoses, the reticuloendothelioses, and dermatitis medicamentosa. Gross and microscopic photography and scientific discussion were notable for high caliber.

A Monday evening meeting was held in conjunction with the Mexican Society of Dermatologists. After a welcoming address by the Society's president, Dr. Pedro Aguilar, three excellent papers were presented: (1) "Cutaneous Manifestation of the Leukemias," by Dr. Robert Degos, Professor of Dermatology of the University of Paris; (2) "Lupus Erythematosus Profundus," by . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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