Erythema, Probably Related to Recent Newcastle Disease Virus Infection. Presented by Dr. Leon Babalian.

A white American man aged 31 has worked as a poultry eviscerator in a packing plant for the past 10 years. While working he wore rubber gloves, which he cleaned once in a while under running water with his bare hands, which were frequently fissured.

The past history is irrelevant except for mumps in childhood.

On Jan. 6, 1956, the patient's hands turned red and stiff. Five days later, at the time of his first examination, both hands were covered with wide, bright red, swollen, well-circumscribed patches with marked stiffness. There was no arthralgia, and no oral or genital manifestations were present. The oral temperature was 99.3 F. The same eruption developed successively on the nucha, feet, elbows, and knees. It persisted with partial exfoliation and finally faded away two months after its