. The British journal of dermatology . , to 102° F.; the pulse-rate was increased, andthe patient was obviously very ill. The striking point about hisfeatures was that they were leonine, and the first impression wasthat he was suffering fi-om leprosy. Scattered about his face weresoft, fleshy tumours, involving the skin of the forehead and face;they were present also on the neck, the front of the body, the armsand forearms, and the fronts of the thighs and legs; in some parts ofthe body they were absent— the ears and the eyelids, the elbows,knees, hands, and feet. Some of them were purple
. The British journal of dermatology . , to 102° F.; the pulse-rate was increased, andthe patient was obviously very ill. The striking point about hisfeatures was that they were leonine, and the first impression wasthat he was suffering fi-om leprosy. Scattered about his face weresoft, fleshy tumours, involving the skin of the forehead and face;they were present also on the neck, the front of the body, the armsand forearms, and the fronts of the thighs and legs; in some parts ofthe body they were absent— the ears and the eyelids, the elbows,knees, hands, and feet. Some of them were purple in colour, othersred or pale pink. They were painless, not deeply attached, andmovable; they were soft and free from ulceration. There was ashallow ulcer of the skin over the sacrum, and also a small ulcer onthe glans penis. The skin of the ears and eyelids and mucous * Shown at a meeting of the Dermatological Section uf tlie Royal Societyof Medicine on October 19th, 191b. British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis.] Vol XXIX. Nos.
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