Keratodermia Blenorrhagica
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The cutaneous eruptions which follow on gonococcal infection were first mentioned by Pedoux in 1872, and may be divided into five main groups: (1) Gonococcal Ulcers; (2) Erethema; (3) Urticaria; (4) Haemorrhage and Bullous Dermatitis; (5) Hyperkeratosis. With the exception of the first group all are toxic manifestations, and occur only in very severe cases of infection, and often with an associated poly-arthritis. The most interesting, because the most distinctive toxic rash, is a hyper-keratosis, which is better known as Keratodermia Blenorrhagica. Historical.?The condition was first accurately described in 1893 by Vidal,1 and the first authentic case in Britain was
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