Essentials of Diseases of the Skin: Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of MedicineStelwagon, Henry Weightman
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Essentials of Diseases of the Skin: Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
Skin -- Diseases
#Telangiectasis.#
#Describe telangiectasis.#
Telangiectasis consists of a new growth or enlargement of the cutaneous
capillaries, usually appearing during middle adult life, and seated, for
the most part, about the face.
#To what extent may telangiectasis develop?#
It may be limited to a red dot or point, with several small radiating
capillaries (_naevus araneus_, _spider naevus_), or a whole region, usually
the face, may show numerous scattered or closely-set capillary
enlargements or new formations (_rosacea_). The latter is frequently
associated with acne (_acne rosacea_).
The etiology is obscure.
#What is the treatment of telangiectasis?#
Destruction of the vessels by electrolysis or by the knife. (See
treatment of acne rosacea.)
#Lymphangioma.#
(_Synonym:_ Lymphangiectodes.)
#Describe lymphangioma.#
Lymphangioma is a rare disease, consisting of localized dilatations of
the lymphatic vessels, appearing as discrete or aggregated pin-head or
pea-sized, compressible, hollow, tubercle-like elevations, of a pinkish
or faint lilac color, and occurring for the most part about the trunk.
It is of slow but usually progressive development, and is unaccompanied
by subjective symptoms.
A rare condition, Kaposi described as lymphangioma tuberosum multiplex,
characterized by more or less solid, somewhat cystic, pearly to pinkish
red, sometimes crowded lesions, is now known to be "benign cystic
epithelioma"; its most common site is the face. While called "benign,"
ulcerative action may eventually ensue.
Treatment, when demanded, consists of operative measures.
#Rhinoscleroma.#
#Describe rhinoscleroma.#
Rhinoscleroma is a rare and obscure disease, slow but progressive in its
course, characterized by the development of an irregular, dense and
hard, flattened, tubercular, non-ulcerating, cellular new growth, having
its seat about the nose and contiguous parts. The overlying skin is
normal in color, or it may be light- or dark-brown or reddish. Marked
disfigurement and closure, partial or complete, of the nasal orifices
gradually results. It is met with chiefly in Austria and Germany.
Treatment, consisting of partial or complete extirpation, is rarely
permanent in its results, the disease tending to recur.
#Lupus Erythematosus.#
(_Synonyms:_ Lupus Erythematodes; Lupus Sebaceus; Seborrh[oe]a
Congestiva.)
#What is lupus erythematosus?#
Lupus erythematosus may be roughly defined as a mildly to moderately
inflammatory superficial new-growth formation, characterized by one,
several, or more circumscribed, variously sized and shaped, pinkish or
dark red patches, covered slightly, and more or less irregularly, with
adherent grayish or yellowish scales.
#Upon what parts is lupus erythematosus observed?#
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