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Wilhelm Lutz
Swiss dermatologist, born November 4, 1888, Basel; died 1958.
Associated eponyms:
Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia
A generalized skin disease characterised by multiple papillomavirus-induced scaly macules anywhere on the skin and papules on the back of the hand.
Lutz-Miescher syndrome
A skin disturbance usually localized to the neck; less frequently to upper extremities, face, lower extremities, trunk.
Biography:
Wilhelm Lutz studied in Basel, then for a brief period in Vienna, and received his doctorate at his alma mater in 1912. He spent his internship and period as assistant in Basel at the pathological institute under Ernst Hedinger (1873-1924), at the dermatological clinics in Bern under Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936), and in Basel under Bruno Bloch (1873-1933) and Felix Lewandowsky (1879-1921). He received the venia legendi for dermatology and venereology in Basel in 1916, being appointed full professor in 1922.
Bibliography:
- Stoffwechsel und Haut.
In: Handbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten. Volume 3. Berlin, 1928.
- Hautveränderungen bei inneren Krankheiten.
With Samuel Jessner (1859-1929).
In: Handbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten. Volume 4, 1. Berlin, 1932.
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