DISSEMINATE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS UNSUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH PENICILLIN, ROENTGEN-RAY CASTRATION AND SERUM ALBUMIN
Authors: J B JOHNSON, E C MAZIQUE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Case Reports1 November 1946DISSEMINATE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS UNSUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH PENICILLIN, ROENTGEN-RAY CASTRATION AND SERUM ALBUMINJOHN B. JOHNSON, M.D., EDWARD C. MAZIQUE, M.D.JOHN B. JOHNSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD C. MAZIQUE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-5-859 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDisseminate lupus erythematosus is a systemic disease which may be acute, subacute or chronic. Manifestations are commonly found in the skin, joints and viscera. Sixty to 80 per cent of the cases of the disseminate form occur in females during the second and third decades of life.1The mortality rate in the subacute form is about 50 per cent, whereas in the acute form it is reported as invariably fatal.2The etiology and pathogenesis of this disorder are still unknown. Stokes and associates3have attempted to integrate the variegated manifestation of lupus erythematosus on an infection-allergy basis with major involvement...Bibliography1. MONTGOMERY H: Pathology of lupus erythematosus, Proc. Staff. Meet. Mayo Clin., 1940, xv, 679. Google Scholar2. KIERLAND RR: Classification and cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus, Proc. Staff. Meet. Mayo Clin., 1940, xv, 675. Google Scholar3. STOKESBEERMANINGRAHAM JHHNR: The "lupus erythematosus" concept: an attempt at integration, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1944, ccvii, 540. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KLEMPERERPOLLACKBAEHR PADG: Diffuse collagen disease; acute disseminated lupus erythematosus and diffuse scleroderma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxix, 331. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. ROSEPILLSBURY EDM: Lupus erythematosus (erythematodes) and ovarian function: observations on a possible relationship, with report of six cases Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xi, 1022. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Received for publication August 27, 1945.From the Department of Medicine, Howard University, School of Medicine, and Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. BOLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALLACE GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. MAXWELL LOCKIE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D.Disseminated Lupus Erythematosus Occurring among Student Nurses*Blood and Its Derivatives 1 November 1946Volume 25, Issue 5Page: 859-862KeywordsDeath ratesEtiologyHospital medicineLupus erythematosusPathogenesisPenicillinSerum albuminSystemic diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...