PYOSTOMATITIS VEGETANS

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FROM the time of the original description ofpyodermatite végétanteby Hallopeau,1a small number of vegetating dermatoses have been described in the literature. There has been considerable confusion in the reports of cases classified as dermatitis vegetans, especially in the American literature since the report by Hartzel2in 1901, when he first used the term. Many cases not related to Hallopeau'spyodermatite végétantehave been classified as dermatitis vegetans without conforming to the clinical and pathologic pictures seen inpyodermatite végétanteof Hallopeau. In reporting 3 cases primarily involving the oral cavity, in 2 of which the condition remained an oral entity throughout the entire course of the disease and in the third of which a secondary cutaneous eruption developed a year after the primary oral condition, the name pyostomatitis vegetans is suggested as the one best suited to describe the disease. The clinical appearance,

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