This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (4)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Report of a Case Following the Administration of Mercurial Diuretics

CHARLES E. ELERDING, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1960;81(6):914-918.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

During the past few years an increasing interest in keratoacanthoma has been developing. The apparent rarity of the multiple self-healing epithelioma of Ferguson-Smith type has occasioned several recent case reports.^1-4 Ephraim and Kaufman¹ reported the 24th case in February, 1958. On the other hand, the so-called "solitary" or localized form of keratoacanthoma is not an unusual disorder. Recently, a patient came under my observation with multiple keratoacanthoma associated with an erythema multiforme type of dermatitis medicamentosa resulting from mercurial diuretics. A thorough search of the literature has revealed no previous cases of keratoacanthoma associated with either dermatitis medicamentosa or erythema multiforme.

Report of Case

On Oct. 7, 1957, a 78-year-old Caucasian woman of Anglo-Saxon descent was first observed in the Dermatology clinic of the Los Angeles County General Hospital because of an extensive eruption and was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

Past History.—

For the preceding two years she had been treated for congestive heart failure; previously, she had been in good health. Medication consisted of digitalis, meralluride sodium (Mercuhydrin, a parenteral mercurial diuretic), . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug. 28, 1959.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?