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To the Editor.—Dr. Savatard refers to an excellent paper of his own in which he reviews the pertinent literature on epithelioma adenoides cysticum (Brooke), reports the subsequent course of two of Brooke's original cases, adds many cases of his own, some quite unusual, and in general summarizes his point of view, with all of which I cannot agree.
Dr. Savatard quotes me inaccurately in the second paragraph of his criticism of the classification of the case I reported under the title of "Multiple Basal Cell Epitheliomas Originating from Congenital Pigmented Basal Cell Nevi." I am willing to reiterate my remarks, and cite additional reasons for not believing the case reported to be an unusual variant of epithelioma adenoides cysticum (Brooke) or multiple benign cystic epithelioma (Fordyce). Dr. Savatard says the inference (for there is no such statement in the paper) is, ". . . that this condition is always a familial