A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . /#^. \ %». W .--y^ SYPHILIS AND LUPUS OF THE LARYNX. 643 mistaken for anything else. The mucous patch may be found on thevocal cords and, according to some writers, on the areas mentioned as thepossible seats of erythema. It is one of the rare laryngeal lesions ofspecific disease. Erosions of various depths occur, the superficial being, aswith the process in the pharynx, the result of the breaking down of eitherthe mucous patch (page 505) or a sui^erficial gummatous mucous patch suggests a search for skin lesions, generally
A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . /#^. \ %». W .--y^ SYPHILIS AND LUPUS OF THE LARYNX. 643 mistaken for anything else. The mucous patch may be found on thevocal cords and, according to some writers, on the areas mentioned as thepossible seats of erythema. It is one of the rare laryngeal lesions ofspecific disease. Erosions of various depths occur, the superficial being, aswith the process in the pharynx, the result of the breaking down of eitherthe mucous patch (page 505) or a sui^erficial gummatous mucous patch suggests a search for skin lesions, generally of thej)apulo-squamous variety. Sometimes they take the form of condylo-mata, which are probably nothing but aggravated mucous patches. Oc-casionally in the secondary stage distinct tubercles form, breaking downlater into cup-shaped ulcers with thickened edges. The details of theseprocesses have been spoken of under the heading of syphilis of thepharynx. The shape of these superficial ulcers is rounded or oval, andthey secrete pus of normal appear
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