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MILTON GINSBERG, M.D.; JOSEPH M. MILLER, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1959;79(4):480-481.

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Massive involvement of the skin by a lymphoma occurs infrequently. The following patient is reported because of this interesting manifestation of the disease.

Report of a Case

A 68-year-old white man was admitted to the hospital on July 30, 1956, with a massive lesion of the face of three weeks' duration and dysphagia of one week's duration. An unknown new growth had been excised from the lower lip about eight years previously. A similar tumor was removed from the same region about four years previously. About two months before admission, a small lesion appeared on the right cheek. The patient was admitted to another hospital, where a biopsy revealed Hodgkin's disease. After a course of mechlorethamine hydrochloride (nitrogen mustard) was given intravenously, he was discharged. Rapid growth of the neoplasm followed.

The patient was pale, emaciated, cachetic, and alert. A large nodular lesion covered the right side . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Fort Howard, Md.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 2, 1958.

Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital.

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