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REPORT OF A NODULAR CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

HARTZELL HARRISON RAY, M.D.; KUNISADA KIYASU, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1929;38(5):1020-1027.

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Urticaria pigmentosa, described in 1869 by Nettleship¹ and named by Sangster² in 1877, is one of the rare diseases of the skin. Raymond³ described three types of this disorder, of which the nodular is the rarest. Among a total of 154 cases of urticaria pigmentosa reported by Little⁴ in 1905, and 152 additional cases summarized by Finnerud⁵ in 1923, there were only twenty-four recorded occurrences of the nodular type of this disease. We have been able to find seven additional reports since 1923. In table 1 we have listed all recorded nodular cases in both adults and children. It will be seen from this table that this type appears almost exclusively during infancy and childhood, as in twenty-four of the total of thirty-one cases the condition occurred before puberty. The majority of these patients were males of English descent, thus bearing out the general impression . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

From the Department of Pediatrics, University of California Medical School.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, June 17, 1929.

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