SCLEREDEMA ADULTORUM (BUSCHKE)
- 1 May 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 37 (5) , 809-815
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1938.01480110075006
Abstract
Scleredema adultorum (Buschke)1is a rare disease. Only two cases have been reported in the American literature, by Epstein,2who termed the condition a "distinct entity that has a definite clinical course and characteristic histophathology." Following is a report of a complete study of a case,3including cutaneous capillaroscopy and examination of biopsy material with various stains. There is a controversy in the literature of the world as to whether this disease is a clinical entity. While members of the German school affirm its identity, the French authors doubt or deny it. The latter contend that scleredema is a unique variety of trophedema. I believe that my findings add light to this question, as well as to knowledge of the nature and the pathogenesis of scleredema adultorum. REPORT OF A CASE R. G., a housewife aged 37, came to the clinic complaining of stiffness of her face,Keywords
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