Abstract: <b>A Case for Diagnosis (Virus Papillomas in Burn Scars?).</b>Presented byDr. Harry L. Arnold Jr. J. R., a 50 year old white business executive, suffered a severe second and third degree burn of the hands, especially the left, on Feb. 27, 1944. Many of the nails were lost as a result of it and are regrowing. Since removal of the petrolatum gauze dressings, a more or less solid growth of hard, dry, horny, yellowish, closely packed papillomas, 1 to 3 mm. in diameter, has been observed throughout most of the area of the scar in a streaked pattern. Some of the lesions have been desquamating more or less en masse. DISCUSSION Capt. David J. Musman, M.C., A.U.S.: I am reminded of similar lesions which I saw a few weeks ago following a gasoline burn in a person with psoriasis. Although the papular element was less prominent, there was
Publication Year: 1945
Publication Date: 1945-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
Access and Citation
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot