Is there a primary gummy cavernite?

Abstract

S. Funk (Derm. Ztschr. Bd. 55, H. 3, 1929) describes 4 cases observed over the last 3 years at the R. Virchow hospital in Berlin, of which 3 cases of primary gummy cavernitis and 1 case of secondary cavernitis with ulcerated gum. Based on his observations, the author believes that gummy cavernitis affects, in contrast to induratio penis plastica, which is localized strictly between the skin and the corpora cavernosa, the most cavernous bodies; the very name cavernitis means an inflammatory condition, which is a specific granuloma, which we call gum or syphiloma.