TY  - JOUR
T1  - Rosacea-like tuberculosis: Review of the literature with report of five cases
AU  - WILE UJ, GRAUER FH
Y1  - 1935/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archderm.1935.01460200018002
JO  - Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
SP  - 174
EP  - 189
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 
    In 1917, Lewandowsky1 called attention to a form of tuberculosis of the skin, previously undescribed, to which he gave the descriptive name, rosacea-like tuberculid of the face. The condition was first observed by Blaschko2; in 1909 he presented several cases of it before the Berlin Dermatological Society. It remained, however, for Lewandowsky to study the subject more fully, and the little knowledge of the disorder available is due largely to his efforts. His classic description of the clinical and pathologic picture as translated from the history of a case reported in his paper, is as follows:The eruption on casual observation gives one the impression of rosacea, not only because of its distribution over the forehead and cheeks (the nose being involved only rarely), but also because of its reddish-blue color. There are also present over the cheeks small areas of telangiectases, although these
SN  - 0096-6029
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archderm.1935.01460200018002
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1935.01460200018002
ER  -