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CHRONIC SCLERODERMA WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION DURING CORTICOTROPIN THERAPYReport of a Case with Autopsy Observations
JOHN H. LUNSETH, M.D.;
LYLE A. BAKER, M.D.;
ALEXANDER SHIFRIN, M.D.
AMA Arch Intern Med. 1951;88(6):783-792.
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IT HAS been established that scleroderma is a generalized disease. The condition usually runs a chronic course, but it may become acute, with fibrinoid change in the connective tissue like that seen in lupus erythematosus and periarteritis nodosa.1 Therefore, it is not unusual that the following case showed both chronic and acute features of scleroderma, but it is unusual that in this case there was a sudden change from a chronic course to an acute fulminating, fatal course during corticotropin (ACTH) therapy.
REPORT OF CASE
This 48-year-old white man's illness began in the spring of 1949 with a short episode of involvement of the joints of the right arm and fingers. Following this, he had a nine-month asymptomatic period. In May, 1950, after an eight-week period of stiffness and swelling of the finger joints, wrists, ankles, and balls of the feet, he was admitted to Hines Veterans Administration Hospital.
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Author Affiliations
HINES, ILL.
From the Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital.
Footnotes
Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.
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