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What did Dr Hutchinson describe ?
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014Teeth deformities in congenital syphilis ? Yes, Hutchinson’s as well as the triad of signs he considered pathognomic: notched teeth, 8th nerve deafness, interstitial keratitis. Lentigo Maligna ? Yes, called Hutchinson’s melanotic freckle (HMF) by Australian dermatologists. A sign of nail melanoma ? Yes, called Hutchinson’s sign (when pigment is present on the proximal nail […]
Mentorship in dermatology – the pioneers
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014France was where a lot of the building of modern dermatology was made. Baron JL Alibert was of high importance in the development of education in dermatology. 3 times a week he conducted rounds in what was to become the first great dermatologic teaching centre: Hopital Saint-Louis. Reminiscent of the fundamental role of the hospital […]
Leprosy: why it is called Hansen’s disease
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014Leprosy was an important health problem in Norway and in the mid 19th century a center for the study and care of leprosy patients was built in the outskirts of Bergen (called the Pleiestiftelsen). It was built by Dr Daniel Cornelius Danielsen (1815-1894), the founder of leprosy research – he described crusted scabies – also […]
Fox-Fordyce disease: do not mix it up with Fordyce ONLY !
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014Fox-Fordyce disease is also known as apocrine miliaria: It appears as papules in apocrine gland bearing areas such as the axillae, the pubic areas and around the areolae. It is due to a chronic obstruction of the apocrine glands It was described by Dr George Henry Fox (1846-1937), an American dermatologist from New York Dr […]
Confluent and Reticulate Papillomatosis: Who described it ?
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014This syndrome is also called Gougerot-Carteaud and was described in 1927 by two French dermatologists: Drs Gougerot and Carteaud. Dr Henri Gougerot (1881-1955) also described: the Gougerot-Houwer-Sjogrens syndrome also simply known as Sjorgren’s syndrome the Gougerot-Reiter syndrome also simply known as Reiter’s syndrome. pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatoses of Gougerot and Blum Dr Gougerot was an […]
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: more complicated than imagined
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014Ehlers-Danlos syndrome was described by 2 physicians together: the French dermatologist Dr Henri-Alexandre Danlos (1844-1912). He was at the Hôpital St-Louis in Paris and was a pioneer in the use of radium in systemic lupus erythematosus and skin lesions of tuberculosis. the Danish dermatologist Dr Edvard Ehlers (1862-1937). He trained in Breslau, Berlin, Vienna and […]
Tinea Amiantacea: a less confusing term when put in a historical context
Thursday, November 6th, 2014It comes from Latin: Tinea = insect (mite) The term tinea was used by our predecessors to name diseases of the scalp. One can imagine that certain conditions of the scalp had an appearance like being “eaten by mites”; that is probably what inspired them to use this term. Since Dr Alphonse Devergie (1798-1879), this […]
Nevus spilus: why use such a term ?
Thursday, November 6th, 2014Terminology Nevus comes from Latin and translated to: patch present at birth The Greek word of origin: σπιλος = spilos = dirt Translated together it means: dirty nevus Definition It is often understood that nevus spilus is a melanocytic nevus within another melanocytics nevus , or better melanocytic nevi inside another one. Nevus spilus is […]
Dermatology in Systemic Disease – Table of Contents
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014Iron Deficiency Anemia (Anaemia) And The Skin Skin lesions in Crohn’s disease (2) Dermatomyositis Mesothelioma and the Skin Metabolic Syndrome and the Skin Skin Manifestations of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) Photosensitivity Morphea (Localized Scleroderma)
Quincke’s Oedema (Angiedema): who was Quincke ?
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014Although not used frequently in English, *Quincke’s edema refers to a German physician and surgeon. His name was Dr Heinrich Iränus Quincke. He was born in Frankfurt in 1842 and died there in 1922. He was a subordinate physician (Assistentarzt) at the age of 28 and became chair of the department of internal medicine at […]
