MINNESOTA DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY

PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES ET VARIOLIFORMIS ACUTA (HABERMAN). PRESENTED BY DR. S. E. SWEITZER, MINNEAPOLIS. L. N., a white woman aged 25, first noticed an eruption around her ankles in September 1938. The eruption occurred in the form of "pimples" and itched severely. She tried many medicines, but with no relief, and the eruption has gradually spread over the entire body. Heat seemed to aggravate her symptoms. Her past health had been excellent.There are now red and purplish papules densely set over the legs and scattered over the entire body. Many of these have been excoriated, leaving crusts and scars.(Histologic sections were shown.) DISCUSSION Dr. H. E. Michelson, Minneapolis: I do not want to be a skeptic, but I can hardly accept the diagnosis as presented. The lesions are much more numerous on the legs and appear to me to be follicular pustules rather than papules with central necrosis. I