Case of Pityriasis Rosea Showing Enlargement of the Supratrochlear Lymphatic Glands
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a primary chancre or any other lesion characteristic of secondary syphilis. The supratrochlear lymph glands were palpable and hard and glands were palpable at the posterior triangle of the neck. The liver and spleen were not enlarged and there was nothing abnormal in the total or differential leucocyte count. Kahn's test was negative. The rash started growing bigger. After a few days the lesion started to scale and within a short time the typical collarette was seen. The scales did not show
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دوره 77 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1942