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Numerous telangiectatic spots were scattered irregularly over the body, but most thickly on the right side, especially on the outer surface of the leg.
The accompanying illustration represents the child's appearance at the time of report. Jacobson reports the history of a female child of three years with nearly universal giant growth (Riesenwuchs).
At first this case was erroneously diagnosed as acromegaly.
The hypertrophy affected the face, the genitals, the left side of the trunk, and all the limbs. Milne records a case of hemihypertrophy in a female child of one year. The only deviation from uniform excess of size of the right side was shown in the forefinger and thumb, which were of the same size as on the other hand; and the left side showed no overgrowth in any of its members except a little enlargement of the second toe.
While hypertrophy of one side is the usual description of such cases, the author suggests that there may be a condition of defect upon the other side, and he is inclined to think that in this case the limb, hand, and foot of the left side seemed rather below the average of the child's age.
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