Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to T Ertle.
Case report on a 50-year-old man suffering from discoid lupus erythematosus since about 20 years. The development of a tumor of the left lower leg within a l. e. area, which turned out to be a squamous-cell carcinoma, had been noticed since two years. One year after tumor excision our patient died of multiple metastases. This case demonstrates the rare formation of a squamous-cell-carcinoma "in erythematode ".
Report on a 48-year-old man, incidentally occupied as a farmer who was infected by one of his calves. Due to insufficient therapy he produced an expanded tinea barbae.
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Report on a case of a 68-year-old woman suffering from a fast growing tumor, initially manifesting in the dermis. At first, the histological findings were judged as a spindle-cell sarcoma. Further histological investigations revealed that the tumor was a malignant histiocytoma. Tumors of this kind are rarely found in the scarce group of the sarcomas of the soft tissues. Since its identification as an entity, the interest in this malignant tumor has been increased. Other clinical, histological and electronmicroscopic findings in this patient are compared with those in the literature; the actual state of therapy is presented.
A farmer specialized in pig-breeding showed acute dermatitis of his hands, forearms and face after using chloropromazine for the sedation of pigs. Epicutaneous and photo-patch tests showed positive reactions to chloropromazine. Further tests with other occupational materials were negative. This observation points out that in cases of contact dermatitis in farmers, besides antibiotics, vitamins and other feeding additives, sedatives of the phenothiazin-type should not be forgotten.
In a 19 year old woman, suffering from an malignant histiocytoma of the upper lip, X-ray treatment was favored above a mutilating operation. Within 26 months no relapse occurred.
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