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A Clinical and Microscopic Concept of Autoeczematization

ALEXANDER W. YOUNG, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1958;77(5):495-502.

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Autoeczematization^1,2 is the process by which a widespread dermatitis may complicate several types of localized eczema. Generalized autogenous eczema describes the disseminate disorder. This report deals with the clinical history, course, and development of the syndrome and with the microscopic picture of various types of lesions to be found in the diffuse and often generalized eruption. Relationships between generalized autogenous eczema, disseminate and circumscribed neurodermatitis, nummular eczema, and exudative discoid and lichenoid chronic dermatosis are discussed.

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Sixty persons, thirty-three women and twenty-seven men, who developed generalized autogenous eczema were studied. The average age was 47.7 years; the youngest was 1 year, and the oldest, 80. Fifty-seven were of Caucasian origin, and three were Negro. Thirty-six patients either recalled eczema as a child or had hay fever or a history of allergy in the family. In seven, the history of an allergic background was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From The Department of Dermatology, St. Luke's Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb. 1, 1958.

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