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NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, SECTION ON DERMATOLOGY AND SYPHILIS
Regular Meeting, May 8, 1922
Howard Fox, M.D., Chairman
FOR DIAGNOSIS (PURPURA ANNULARIS TELANGIECTODES?). Presented by Dr. Chargin.
M. S., a man, 50 years of age, a dishwasher, had an eruption which began about six years before, appearing first on the legs. Except for the scalp, face, hands and feet, the entire body was affected. The individual lesions varied in size from a few tiny loops to patches 3 ½ inches (8.89 cm.) in diameter, numerous lesions being 2 inches (5.08 cm.) by 1 inch (2.54 cm.) in size. Except for a series of linear lesions on the anterior aspect of the right shoulder and upper arm, the eruption was not raised above the skin. On the arm and shoulder area the eruption was slightly verrucous and somewhat raised above the level of the skin. Many of the lesions were