AN UNUSUAL ERUPTION DUE TO AN ORGANISM OF THE MONILIA GROUP

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Abstract
When first observed, this patient presented a most unusual picture. The secondary manifestations of the eruption were so misleading that the possibility of a mycotic etiology was not seriously considered. We were rather inclined to suspect an etiology of congenital character, such as ichthyosis, especially since the duration was practically throughout life; otherwise the eruption suggested a much exaggerated "cutaneous horn." The condition on the thumb, however, was suggestive of a fungous origin, although the routine tests were unsatisfactory at first; and the observations, especially at biopsy, were nondescript. We suspected that the lifetime duration and the location of the eruption, chiefly on the seborrheal areas, would on biopsy disclose a congenital condition associated with the sebaceous gland tissues; yet two specimens, one from the upper part of the chest and another from the left cheek, gave no clue. The nature of the microscopic changes was, however, suggestive of a

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