Types of Dermatitis in American Onchocerciasis

Pioneering research on American onchocerciasis: a tribute to Leon Goldman, MD

“…In our recent article on cutaneous findings in onchocerciasis, 1 we focused on Old World onchocerciasis and the need to add the pioneering work of Leon Goldman in the 1940s on American onchocerciasis 2,3 . Working at a variety of research sites in Latin America, including those in Yepocapa, Guatemala, and Chiapas, Mexico, Goldman studied onchodermatitis clinically and histologically, categorizing it in a classic study coauthored with Luis Figueroa Ortiz as divisible into four categories: 1.…”