SCROFULODERMA

(Lat.), n. n. Skro2f<skrof)-u31(u4l)-o(o3)- du5rm(de2rm)'a3. Gen., -derm'atos (-at is). From scrofulce, scrofula, and , the skin. Fr., scrofuhde. Ger., Scrofulose dtr Hnut. A scrofulous disease of the skin. [G.] S. gumma to sum. See under S. tuberculosum. S. papulosum. See LICHEN scrofulosorum. S. squamosum. A furfuraceous desquamation of the skin occurring in scrofulous subjects. [G, 4.] S. tuberculosum. Fr., scrofule (vulgaire). A s. characterized by cellular infiltrations in the form of raised tubercles tending to ulceration. The lesion begins as a hard, roundish, circumscribed subcutaneous nodule or tumor, which is movable beneath the skin. The skin afterward becomes adherent and bluish or violaceous, while softening takes place in the centre of the tumor, with the production of a fluctuating absce (s. gumma to sum). The skin finally ruptures, giving exit to a thin yellowish-white fluid, and an ulcer is formed with thin, flabby, and undermined edges and with an uneven base covered with pale, unhealthy granulations and sometimes a ociated with deep sinuses (s. ulcerosum). Cicatrization proceeds very slowly, and the resulting scar:; are irregular, contracted, nodular, and often hypertrophic. [G.] S. (tuberculosum) ulcerosum. See under S. tuberculosum. S. yerrucosuiii. A name given to certain warty growths occurring in scrofulous subjects. The excrescences are easily removed, but are reproduced, and their healing is followed by cicatrices. They are most frequently observed on the hips and extremities. [" Jour, of Cutan. Med.," i, 1868, p. 26 (G).] S. vesiculosum. See LICHEN scrofulosorum. [s. 464]