Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anahita Deylamsalehi, M.D.[2] Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [3]
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Overview
First record of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans was made in 1883 in Breslau, Germany, where a physician named Alfred Buchwald first delineated it. Later in 1902 Herxheimer and Hartmann described it as a "tissue paper" like cutaneous atrophy.
Historical Perspective
- First record of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans was made in 1883 in Breslau, Germany, where a physician named Alfred Buchwald first delineated it.
- Later in 1902 Herxheimer and Hartmann described it as a "tissue paper" like cutaneous atrophy.
- For the first time in 1984, borrelia was known as the responsible etiology of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans.[1]
References
- ↑ Picken RN, Strle F, Picken MM, Ruzic-Sabljic E, Maraspin V, Lotric-Furlan S; et al. (1998). "Identification of three species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii) among isolates from acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans lesions". J Invest Dermatol. 110 (3): 211–4. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00130.x. PMID 9506437.