SCLERODERMA FOLLOWING NERVE INJURY

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In spite of an abundant literature dealing with scleroderma, one cannot but be impressed with the existent variance of opinion regarding the etiology of the disease. In view of this fact and the suggestive circumstances under which the following case developed, it has seemed to merit a rather detailed report. REPORT OF CASE History.— The case furnishing the material for the following study occurred in a young man, aged 26, a senior medical student in the University of Michigan. The past history was negative. The present illness began early in January, 1920, when the patient noticed that the lower first molar on the left was sensitive to pressure and changes of temperature. At first the condition was apparently a transitory affair and not sufficiently severe to cause him to consult a dentist. The symptoms returned from time to time with increasing severity over a period of three weeks, when roentgenologic

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