FACIAL GRANULOMAS WITH EOSINOPHILIA
- 1 March 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 61 (3) , 442-454
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1950.01530100086011
Abstract
THE term "eosinophilic granuloma" has been used in recent years so often and with such widely different meanings that it is fast losing its diagnostic significance. Weidman,1following Nanta and Gadrat's2original usage, suggested that "eosinophilic granulomas" be made a generic term by use in the plural form and that the group be subdivided into several types. In the classification which Weidman drew up he singled out 3 cases, those of Wigley,3Buley4and Lever,5as modifications of erythema elevatum diutinum. Recently, Lever, Lane, Downing and Spangler6reported 3 additional cases. At least 2 more similar cases were meanwhile presented at dermatologic society meetings in this country by Hand7and Cooper.8The purpose of this paper is to report another case and to add evidence that these cases present a well defined clinical picture and rather uniform histologic features. The relation ofKeywords
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