Abraham Buschke Explained
Abraham Buschke (27 September 1868 – 25 February 1943) was a Jewish German dermatologist who was a native of Nakel in the Province of Posen.[1]
Life
In 1891 he received his doctorate in Berlin, and afterwards was a surgical assistant in Greifswald. Later he worked at dermatological clinics in Breslau under Albert Neisser (1855–1916) and in Berlin with Edmund Lesser (1852–1918). In 1906 he became head of dermatology at Rudolf Virchow Hospital in Wedding.
In 1943 he died in the Nazi concentration camp at Theresienstadt, Bohemia.[2]
Work
Abraham Buschke specialized in research of venereal disease. In 1926 with Martin Gumpert (1897–1955) he published a treatise on syphilis in children titled Geschlechtskrankheiten bei Kindern (Venereal Diseases in Children). His name is associated with several eponymous dermatological disorders, including:
- Buschke's scleredema: Hardening and thickening of the skin, usually on the upper back, neck, shoulders and face. Its etiology is unknown, but it is often associated with diabetes.
- Buschke–Löwenstein tumor: Also known as giant condyloma acuminatum; a variety of venereal wart characterized by its large, cauliflower-like appearance. Named with Ludwig Loewenstein (1885–1959).[3]
- Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome: Also called disseminated lenticular dermatofibrosis. Named with dermatologist Helene Ollendorff Curth.[4]
In 1894 with pathologist Otto Busse (1867–1922) Buschke described an infectious disease caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. This condition is sometimes referred to as Busse–Buschke disease.
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Notes and References
- Curth . William . Curth . Helen Ollendorff . Remembering Abraham Buschke . The American Journal of Dermatopathology . February 1983 . 5 . 1 . 27 . 10.1097/00000372-198302000-00006 . 6344683 . 0193-1091. subscription.
- Abraham Buschke., M.D. . British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis . 1 January 1946 . 58 . 1–2 . 32 . 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1946.tb16267.x . subscription.
- Steffen . Charles . The Men Behind the Eponym - Abraham Buschke and Ludwig Lowenstein: Giant Condyloma (Buschke-Loewenstein) . The American Journal of Dermatopathology . December 2006 . 28 . 6 . 526–536 . 10.1097/01.dad.0000211528.87928.a8 . 17122499 . 0193-1091.
- Guzman . Anthony K. . James . William D. . Helen Ollendorff-Curth: A dermatologist's lasting legacy . International Journal of Women's Dermatology . September 2016 . 2 . 3 . 108–112 . 10.1016/j.ijwd.2016.06.002 . 28492020 . 2352-6475. 5418872 .
