LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS DISSEMINATUS
Authors: Joseph J. Bunim
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 February 1940LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS DISSEMINATUSJOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D.JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-8-1399 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIncreased attention has recently been drawn by various observers1-7 to the importance of visceral involvement in acute lupus erythematosus. A greater familiarity with the signs and symptoms of this disease has naturally resulted in a more frequent recognition of this syndrome. Ludy and Carson8 believe that the incidence has actually increased.The exact diagnostic criteria have not yet been established, however. This is due not alone to the fact that the etiology is unknown but more so because there seems to be no minimum number of clinical or pathological features that one may expect to find consistently in each case....Bibliography1. PELS IR: A review of lupus erythematosus disseminatus, Internat. Clin., 1933, iv, 273. Google Scholar2. BAEHRKLEMPERERSCHIFRIN GPA: Diffuse disease of peripheral circulation usually associated with lupus erythematosus and endocarditis, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1935, l, 139. Google Scholar3. ROSEGOLDBERG ELC: Visceral lesions of acute disseminated lupus erythematosus, Med. Clin. North Am., 1935, xix, 333. Google Scholar4. KEIL H: Conception of lupus erythematosus and its morphologic variants, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1937, xxxvi, 729. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. JARCHO S: Lupus erythematosus associated with visceral vascular lesions; series of autopsied cases, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1936, lix, 262. Google Scholar6. ROSEPILLSBURY EDM: Acute disseminated lupus erythematosus, ANN. INT. MED., 1939, xii, 951. Google Scholar7. REIFENSTEINREIFENSTEINREIFENSTEIN ECECGH: A variable symptom complex of undetermined etiology with fatal termination, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiii, 553. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. LUDYCARSON JBEF: Lupus erythematosus. Increased incidence, hematoporphyrinuria and spectroscopic findings, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1938, xxxvii, 403. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. LIBMANSACKS EB: A hitherto undescribed form of valvular and mural endocarditis, Arch. Int. Med., 1924, xxxiii, 701. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. GROSS L: Heart in atypical verrucous endocarditis (Libman-Sacks), Libman Anniv. Vol., 1932, ii, 527. Google Scholar11. KEITHROWNTREE NMLG: A study of the renal complications of disseminated lupus erythematosus: report of four cases, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1922, xxxvii, 487. Google Scholar12. KEIL H: Tuberculous skin lesions, New England Jr. Med., 1938, ccxviii, 783. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication July 12, 1939.From the Third (New York University) Medical Division of Bellevue Hospital and the Department of Medicine, New York University Medical College. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTHE "L.E. CELL" AND ITS SIGNIFICANCEThe electrocardiogram in lupus erythematosus disseminatusLupus erythematodes als allergisch-hyperergische Systemerkrankung 1 February 1940Volume 13, Issue 8Page: 1399-1413KeywordsEtiologyHospital medicineLupus erythematosusSigns and symptomsSystemic lupus erythematosus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...