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LETTER‐SIWE DISEASE REPORT OF SIX CASE
Author(s) -
BURROWS D.,
KELLY A. M. T.,
BRIDGES J. M.,
CONNOLLY J. H.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1970.tb15036.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , pilonidal disease , pediatrics , disease
SUMMARY.— Six cases of Letterer‐Siwe disease occurring in a population of 1,500,000 over a period of 10 years are described. Five have died and 1 survives 2 years after cessation of therapy and 4 years after diagnosis. Of those who died, in 2 the terminal event was measles infection, in 1 surgical emphysema consequent on rupture of a lung cyst and in 2 death followed progression of the disease.