Abstract
ALTHOUGH numerous reports<sup>1</sup>concerning the use of cortisone in the treatment of various types of dermatitis have been published, a review of the literature indicates that treatment of exfoliative dermatitis with cortisone has not been specifically elaborated. The following data on three patients treated with cortisone is being presented both because of the paucity of actual case reports and because of the successful results obtained in these patients, all of whom had been treated unsuccessfully with the usually prescribed medications. The drug was administered intramuscularly in all cases. REPORT OF CASES Case1.—J. F., a 55-year-old white man, presented exfoliative dermatitis secondary to chronic eczematoid dermatitis and dermatitis venenata. He was admitted to the medical ward Dec. 27, 1950, because of an acute, severe exfoliative dermatitis of the entire body. He had been released previously from the hospital in a state of remission from a manic phase
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