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Afzelius' syndrome
Also known as:
Lipschütz's syndrome (misnomer)
Afzelius's erythema
Lipschütz' erythema
Associated persons:
Arvid Afzelius
Benjamin Lipschütz
Description:
Eruption of single lesions of erythema annulare centrifugum, expanding to reach massive extension. Meningitic symptoms and signs in a number of cases. Both sexes affected. In the 1980’s the etiological agent was identified to be Borrelia burgdorferi.
Bibliography:
- A. Afzelius:
Verhandlungen der dermatologischen Gesellschaft zu Stockholm.
Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis, Berlin, 1910, 101: 104.
Erythema chronicum migrans.
Acta dermato-venereologica, Stockholm, 1921, 2: 120–125.
- B. Lipschütz:
Zur Kenntnis der "Erythema chronicum migrans".
Acta dermato-venereologica, Stockholm, 1931, 12: 100–102.
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