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Report of Two Cases of a Small Plaque Type

S. IRGANG, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1957;76(4):456-459.

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Chronic indurated cellulitis is a common complication of chronic venous stasis, affecting chiefly the legs. The lesion may involve the entire limb or part of it or develop as a small plaque.¹ Trauma and heart disease are some of the contributory causes.² Two cases of a small plaque type of chronic indurated cellulitis are reported, the lesion in each originating on a different aspect of a leg and each with a different predisposing cause.

Report of Cases

CASE 1.—A 69-year-old Negro woman was admitted to the clinic, complaining for the past six weeks of a tender, painful lesion on the right leg. For the past two years she has been taking digitalis and receiving meralluride (Mercuhydrin) sodium for cardiac decompensation. There was no history either of thrombophlebitis or of trauma at the site of the present lesion. Superficial varicosities were noted on . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology of the Harlem Hospital, Dr. Alexander Altschul. Medical Director.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan. 2, 1957.

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