A Note on the Pathology of Erythema Nodosum *A Martyn Memorial Scholarship Essay.

The Histology of the Aortic Wall in Acute Rheumatism *This Essay was awarded the Martyn Memorial Pathological Scholarship for 1929.From the University Centre of Cardiac Research, General Hospital, Bristol.

of unusual changes in the media. He gives an account of three necropsies of consecutive cases of rheumatic fever in young patients. The intima was not altered, but the media was thickened by increase of vascular elements, oedema and perivascular infiltration, with abundance of leucocytes and plasma cells. He noted signs of fibrous repair, and mentioned the possibility of this change predisposin...

A Case of Von Recklinghausen's Disease (Multiple Neurofibromata) with Spontaneous Fractures *This Essay was awarded a Martyn Memorial Pathological Scholarship.

Although von Recklinghausen, in 1882, was the first to describe the pathology of the disease, it is interesting to note that one of our own countrymen, Robert W. Smith, after research in two cases, published an account of the condition in 1849. Von Recklinghausen, however, was the first to offer the now accepted theory of neuro-fibromatosis. The disease is characterized by multiple painless nod...

The Long Fox Memorial Lecture: The Relationship of Erythema Nodosum to Tuberculosis

Granulomatous lobular mastitis as a rare cause of Erythema Nodosum: Report of two cases

Granulomatous lobular mastitis (GLM) is a rare and benign condition of unknown etiology, which has been described recently. It primary affects young parous women and usually presents with a unilateral and extra-areolar breast mass. The condition may clinically mimic breast cancer, sometimes leading to misdiagnosis resulting in unnecessary breast surgery.We report two ca...

International workshop on erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL)--consensus report; the formation of ENLIST, the ENL international study group.

A workshop on erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) took place at the Parklane Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines from 18–20 February 2012. It was organised by the American Leprosy Missions, the Leonard Wood Memorial Center for Leprosy Research and the Leprosy Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The workshop brought together 28 scientists and clinicians from a variety of d...