_Present condition_ (January, 1905).—On _the hands_ about the knuckles
and backs of the fingers are a few minute slightly elevated bluish
nodules. On the sole of the _right foot_, especially on the inner part,
there are nodules in various stages of development. The minute ones,
those in an early stage of development, are slightly elevated and of a
bluish colour, similar to those on the hands. Others, further advanced
in development, are small, sessile, or pedunculated hard outgrowths,
without bluish colour and sometimes covered by thickened epidermis.
There is a large patch of pigmented (brown) skin on the dorsal surface
of the right foot, and in the neighbourhood of this pigmented area are
some minute nodules of similar character to those already described. It
is possible that the pigmented skin has been the site of minute growths
which have undergone spontaneous involution, and have, as frequently
happens in Lichen planus, left pigmentation of the skin behind them. The
right thigh and leg are not affected.
The _left lower extremity_ is the part most affected by the disease, and
there is chronic, rather firm, œdema of the left foot and ankle. The
nodules on the left foot are similar to those on the right, but are more
widely distributed, and the left foot differs from the right in the
absence of the pigmented area and in the presence of the œdema to which
we have just alluded. Of the little sessile or pedunculated tumours on
the back of the left foot and in the neighbourhood of the ankle-joint
(see Fig. 1) the biggest are of the size of a large pea. There are
likewise little tumours of various sizes—that is, in various stages of
development—on the inner aspect of the left popliteal region (see Fig.
2) and in the neighbourhood of the patella, the smaller ones being
bluish and slightly elevated, the larger ones being reddish,
lentil-sized, sessile outgrowths.
There are no nodules or growths on other parts of the limbs, trunk, or
head, with the exception of four or five minute purplish or bluish
papules on the _glans penis_ and neighbouring skin.
[Illustration: Figure 1.]
There is no evidence of any disease of the thoracic or abdominal
viscera. The patient is not strongly built, but looks well nourished. He
complains of various pains, but whether these are related to the disease
or not is doubtful.
[Illustration: Figure 2.]
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