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KARL STEINER, M.D.

Arch Dermatol. 1961;84(3):477-481.

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Introduction

The skin manifestations of functioning carcinoid consist of repeated transient flushings eventually followed by permanent telangiectasias.⁴ These telangiectasias develop in more persistently flushed areas when the disease runs a protracted course. The flushes are most frequent in the face but may also affect the trunk and extremities. They frequently localize on the neck and over the sternum.

In May, 1959, a 67-year-old white man with malignant carcinoid of the terminal ileum was hospitalized for treatment. This patient showed a fine network of telangiectasias over the lower part of the face, on the upper neck, and in the upper sternal region. Because he was gravely ill, no good photograph of the lesions could be taken. However, the appearance of these telangiectasias was very similar to an eruption seen in another patient on the same ward the previous year. This latter patient, a 49-year-old white man, did not suffer from . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BROOKLYN

From the Medical Service, Section of Dermatology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, and the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology and Syphilology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center at New York City.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 4, 1961.

This study was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service Grant RG-4961.

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