A Case of Raynaud's Symmetrical Gangrene in a Patient Suffering From Constitutional Syphilis.

Widespread and Sudden Occlusion of the Small Arteries of the Hands and Feet

“…In this paper 11 such examples are described of digital gangrene or profound cyanosis of sudden onset occurring in 2 or more limbs; many of these have been reviewed for periods up to 15 years after the acute illness, and something of the natural history of the condition is described. Some of the more severely affected patients resemble those described by Raynaud' under the title of "symmetrical gangrene of benign form": Lewis and Pickering2 added further case histories of "bilateral gangrene of digits in the young and From the University Department of Surgery, The Royal Infirmary, Sheffield, 6,England. with infection" and comprehensively reviewed the subject to that date.…”