. The ready-reference handbook of diseases of the skin. ed, flat or raised, irregular or stellate in shape, glis-tening, pale-yellow or pearly, firm, tensely distended, andwithout areola. There may be papules, papulo-vesicles,vesico-pustules, and sometimes bullae. The lesions are dis-seminated, but aggregated into clusters of two, three, ormore, or may form groups as large as a silver dollar. Ifthe vesicles are near together, they tend to run togetherand form blebs, which are raised and surrounded by a paleor distinct red areola, and of a puckered or drawn-up ap-pearance. The eruption is usual
. The ready-reference handbook of diseases of the skin. ed, flat or raised, irregular or stellate in shape, glis-tening, pale-yellow or pearly, firm, tensely distended, andwithout areola. There may be papules, papulo-vesicles,vesico-pustules, and sometimes bullae. The lesions are dis-seminated, but aggregated into clusters of two, three, ormore, or may form groups as large as a silver dollar. Ifthe vesicles are near together, they tend to run togetherand form blebs, which are raised and surrounded by a paleor distinct red areola, and of a puckered or drawn-up ap-pearance. The eruption is usually profuse. All regionsare affected. Severe itching and sometimes burning lastuntil the vesicles are broken, which may not be for severaldays. Sometimes there is a good deal of constitutional dis-turbance. This is Foxs hydroa herpetiforme. DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS. 141 Dermatitis herpetiformis bullosa. In this form we havemore or less typical bullae filled with cloudy or serous fluid,from pea- to cherry-sized, irregular or angular in outline, Fig. Hand of a person affected with dermatitis herpetiformis. (From a replica ofBarettas model, No. 1333, in the Museum of the St. Louis Hospital, Paris.) and with or without an inflammatory base. They occur ingroups, with red and puckered skin between, and more or lessvesicles and pustules disseminated over the skin. All partsof the body are affected. They come out in crops at 7* 142 DISEASES OF THE SKIN. intervals, rupture in two or three days, and crust is Foxs hydroa bulleux. Dermatitis herpetiformis pustulosa. This form is lessclearly defined than the vesicular form, because vesicles,vesico-pustules, and bullae often occur at the same pustules are acuminated, round or flat, tense or flaccid,and vary in size from a pin-point to a twenty-five-centpiece. The large pustules generally have an areola. Theytend to flatten, spread, and dry in the centre, and to the trunk we may find a central pustule surrounde
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