THE RHEUMATIC ERYTHEMAS; A CRITICAL SURVEY
Authors: Harry Keil
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 June 1938THE RHEUMATIC ERYTHEMAS; A CRITICAL SURVEYHARRY KEIL, M.D.HARRY KEIL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-12-2223 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn several recent publications1, 2, 3preliminary data have been incorporated, indicating that there is need to reclassify "the erythema group of skin diseases." In the past there have been included under one broad category, usually termed "rheumatic," a variety of conditions having in common the following features: fever, joint pains, various types of cutaneous lesions, cardiac murmurs of functional or of organic origin, and even prodromal sore throat. Clinico-pathological studies appear to show that this vastcaput mortumcomprises at least six well-circumscribed entities: (1) the rheumatic erythemas; (2) erythema multiforme exsudativum (Hebra); (3) Osler's erythema group (capillary toxicosis...Bibliography1. KEIL H: Relation of erythema nodosum and rheumatic fever: a critical survey, ANN. INT. MED., 1937, x, 1686. Google Scholar2. KEIL H: Conception of lupus erythematosus and its morphologic variants, with particular reference to "systemic" lupus erythematosus, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1937, xxxvi, 729. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. KEIL H: A type of gonococcal bacteremia with characteristic hemorrhagic vesiculopustular and bullous lesions: a clinical synthesis, Quart. Jr. Med., 1938, vii, 1. Google Scholar4. ABT AF: Erythema annulare rheumaticum, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, cxc, 824. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WALLGREN A: Studies on erythema annulare rheumaticum, Acta Pediat., 1935, xvii, 447. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. 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