CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS AND GENERAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
Authors: Francis E. Senear
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 April 1935CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS AND GENERAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSISFRANCIS E. SENEAR, F.A.C.P.FRANCIS E. SENEAR, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-10-1274 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe diseases of the skin which are recognized as bearing some relationship to tuberculosis have in recent years been so increased in number that the subject is now a complex one, and of great importance in its respect to general medical diagnosis.The cutaneous disorders associated with tuberculosis are readily divisible into two groups. In the first are found those dermatoses which are universally accepted as due to the tubercle bacillus, and which show a pathological picture not differing materially from that seen in other organs of the body affected by tuberculosis. Lupus vulgaris, scrofuloderma, tuberculosis cutis orificialis and tuberculosis...Bibliography1. RISTROLLAND EJ: Étude sur la réinfection tuberculeuse; la réinfection cutanée et le phénomène de Koch, Ann. de méd., 1914, ii, 13-54. Google Scholar2. GOECKERMAN WH: Tuberculids, Minn. Med., 1930, xiii, 462-464. Google Scholar3. STOKES JH: Cutaneous aspects of tuberculosis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1919, clvii, 157, 313, 522. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HAYES EW: Tuberculids, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1923, viii, 288-296. Google Scholar5. UFFELMAN J: Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1872, x, 454; 1876, xviii, 313. Google Scholar6. PONCET A quoted by BRONSON, E.: Erythema nodosum, Brit. Jr. Child. Dis., 1918, xv, 91. Google Scholar7. PONS J: Érythème noueux d'origine tuberculeuse. Tuberculose inflammatoire. Rheumatisme articulaire tuberculeux, 1905, Lyon. Google Scholar8. LANDOUZY L: Assoc. Franc. pour l'avancement des Sci., 1907, xxxvi, 337. Google Scholar9. POLLAK R: Erythema nodosum und Tuberkulose, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1912, xxv, 1223-1225. Google Scholar10. ERNBERG H: Quoted by Vetlesen.11 Google Scholar11. VETLESEN HJ: Erythema nodosum and tuberculosis, Tubercle, 1922, iii, 433-440. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SYMES JO: Erythema nodosum and tuberculosis, Clin. Jr., 1923, lii, 189-191. Google Scholar13. WALLGREN A: New argument in favor of tuberculous nature of erythema nodosum, Acta pediat., 1930, xi, 590-591; Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1931, xli, 816. Google Scholar14. DICKEY LB: Erythema nodosum and tuberculosis in children, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1932, xxvi, 614-624. Google Scholar15. SAENZCHEVALLIERLÉVY-BRUHLCOSTIL APML: Sur la présence du bacille de Koch virulent dans les lésions cutanées et dans le sang d'une malade en plein accès d'érythème noueux, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1933, cxii, 951-953. Google Scholar16. WALLGREN A: Erythema nodosum, Acta pediat., 1926, v, 225-253. Google Scholar17. MASSINIBALE , quoted by SCHACTER, M.: L'érythème noueux et son importance pour le médicin d'enfants, Jr. de méd. de Lyon, 1932, xiii, 677-680. Google Scholar18. ERNBERG H: Erythema nodosum and tuberculosis, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1933, xlvi, 1297-1307. Google Scholar19. RAMEL E: Some observations on causation of erythema exudativum multiforme (Hebra), Brit. Jr. Derm., 1930, xlii, 1-25; Trans. 8th Internat. Cong. Derm., Copenhagen, 1930, p. 886. Google Scholar20. PERCIVALGIBSON GHHJ: Observations on etiology of erythema exudativum multiforme, Brit. Jr. Derm., 1931, xliii, 329-342. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. HALLAMEDINGTON RJW: Investigation of alleged tuberculous etiology of erythema exudativum multiforme (Hebra), Brit. Jr. Derm., 1933, xlv, 133-141. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Read at the Chicago meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 18, 1934. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1935Volume 8, Issue 10Page: 1274-1281KeywordsBacillusSkin diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...