Superficial Verrucose Gumma

Scleral gumma.

A married woman aged 47 years came to the Chatterjee Memorial Eye Hospital on November 2, 1954, with the history of sudden onset of pain and tenderness of the left eye 3 weeks previously. Since then she had noticed a small abscess-like swelling with redness around it in the upper part of the eyeball. Examination.-An almost round punched-out hole in the sclera was seen near the 12 o'clock positi...

Gumma of Muscle.

ALL modern authorities are agreed that gumma of muscle is now a relatively rare manifestation of syphilis. The condition is adequately described by Harrison and Lees who state that the triceps, biceps, sterno-mastoid, tongue, rectus abdominis and the calf muscles are most commonly involved. The gummata may retrogress and undergo calcification, or even ossification, or may break through the skin...

Gumma of the penis.

Gumma of the penis is generally regarded as a rare condition and on that account it is likely to be overlooked as a possibility in the diagnosis of penile sores. As far as we can ascertain only eleven cases of penile gummata have been reported in the world literature during the past 40 years. In many of these cases the diagnosis was made on clinical grounds and not substantiated by histological...

The Differential Diagnosis of Orbital Gumma.

A case of brain gumma.

Surgical reports of space-occupying syphilitic granulomas of the brain have always been rare and chemotherapeutic treatment has still further reduced their number. In 1929 Bagdasar pointed out that while from 1908 to 1912 Cushing found five cerebral gummas in 194 neurosurgical operations, from 1913 to 1927 he met with only three of these lesions in 1,500 surgical operations of the brain (Cushin...