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Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Biographical detailsThis section has been translated automatically.

(¤ 7.7.1900, † 1980) Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the American dermatologist attended the University of Michigan, where he graduated in medicine in 1924. 1925 Opening of a private practice. 1926 Further dermatological training at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester Minnesota. Doctorate in 1929. 1939 employed there as a consultant. In 1953 he became head of the dermatology department at the Mayo Clinic, succeeding O'Leary. In dermatology, the name Brunsting is connected with 2 first descriptions:
  • Pyoderma gangraenosum: the first description and definition in 1930 as "signe cutanée" for a systemic disease is based on the careful clinical observation of Brunsting and William H. Goeckerman.
  • First description of the localized scarring pemphigoid, also called scarring pemphigoid, type Brunsting-Perry.

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  1. Brunsting L, Goeckerman W, O'Leary P (1930) Pyoderma (ecthyma) gangrenosum: clinical and experimental observations in five cases occurring in adults. Arch Dermatol 22: 655-680
  2. Brunsting LA, Perry HO (1957) Benign Pemphigoid? A report of 7 cases with chronic scarring herpetiform plaques about the head and neck. Arch dermatol 75: 489-501

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020