A FATAL CASE OF BESNIER-BOECK-SCHAUMANN'S DISEASE WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS
Authors: Frederick Tice, Henry C. Sweany
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Case Reports1 September 1941A FATAL CASE OF BESNIER-BOECK-SCHAUMANN'S DISEASE WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGSFREDERICK TICE, M.D., F.A.C.P., HENRY C. SWEANY, M.D., F.A.C.P.FREDERICK TICE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HENRY C. SWEANY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-3-597 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNew facts are forever widening the horizon of knowledge. What is thought to be pathognomonic of a disease today may be changed tomorrow to a presumptive sign or, with new data, may present an entirely new syndrome or disease complex.These statements are strikingly applicable to a hodge-podge of syndromes which have been unfolding themselves during the last half century and have been reported by Besnier,1Boeck,2Schaumann3and others. 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CARDWELL JR., M.D.Boeck's Sarcoid⋆Sarcoidosis 1 September 1941Volume 15, Issue 3Page: 597-609KeywordsAutopsyClinical laboratoriesResearch laboratoriesSarcoidosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...