A case of peculiar multiple sebaceous cysts (steatocystoma multiplex) / by J.J. Pringle.

  • Pringle, J. J. (John James), 1855-1922.
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
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Credit: A case of peculiar multiple sebaceous cysts (steatocystoma multiplex) / by J.J. Pringle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from the British Journal of Dermatology, No, 132, Vol, 22.] A CASE OF PECULIAR MULTIPLE SEBACEOUS CYSTS (STEATOCYSTOMA MULTIPLEX). By J. J. PRINGLE. The following case appears to be worthy of publication, on account of its great rarity and the obscurity of its causation. Mr. X. Y. Z., aged 21 years, was sent to me for opinion in March, 1898, by Dr. C. H. Gage-Brown. He gave the following history of his life : he was born in Aliwal North, on the Orange River, South Africa, in 1875, his father being a Wesleyan missionary there ; at the age of two years he was brought to England, where he remained for four years; he then returned to South Africa, but was brought back to England at eleven years of age and placed at school in York, where he remained till fifteen years of age.. Nothing was noticed amiss with his skin in any way until four years ago, when, during the sea-bathing season at Yarmouth, he observed “a little lump just against the navel.” Similar “ lumps ” continued to appear till about eighteen months before coming under observation, since which time he thinks their number has diminished, some having suppurated, but others, he is confident, having simply “been absorbed.” His family history was excellent, both his father and mother being ! alive and well. No one in his family, or of his acquaintance, was known to have any similar affection. The patient was a particularly well-developed young man of athletic build and habits, a total abstainer and of superior intellectual powers.