Félix Balzer

Félix Balzer

Félix Balzer (4 April 1849 – 15 March 1929) was a French physician, specialising in dermatology and pathology.

Balzer gave an early description of pseudoxanthoma elasticum in 1884. He used the term "xanthome elastique" but subsequently it was found not to be a form of xanthomatosis. Balzer is also responsible for coining the term "adénomes sébacés" (adenoma sebaceum) to describe the papular facial rash of tuberous sclerosis. Again, this term proved to be incorrect since the papules were neither adenoma nor derived from sebaceous glands.

Between 1880 and 1887, Balzer was a director of the histology laboratory in the Faculty of the hospital Saint Louis. He became a member of the Académie de Médecine in 1908. He was also president of la Société Française de Dermatologie.

Papers

• Balzer F (1884). "Recherches sur les charactères anatomiques du xanthélasma". Archives de Physiologie Normale et Pathologique (Paris) 4 (3): 65–80.
• Balzer F, Dubreuilh W (1884). "Observations et recherches sur l'érythrasma et sur les parasites de la peau à l'état normal". Ann.Derm.Syph. (Paris) 5: 598–606, 661–666.
• Balzer F, Ménétrier P (1885). "Étude sur un cas d’adénomes sébacés de la face et du cuir". Archives de Physiologie Normale et Pathologique (Paris) 6 (3): 564–76.
• Balzer F, Grandhomme (1886). "Nouveau cas d’adénomes sébacés de la facea". Archives de Physiologie Normale et Pathologique (Paris) 8: 93–96.
• Balzer F (1906). Maladies vénériennes. Nouveau traité de médecine et de thérapeutique. Paris: J.-B. Baillière et Fils. pp. 469–501.

See also

• Timeline of tuberous sclerosis

References

• Enersen, Ole Daniel. "Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome". Who Named It?. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
• Enersen, Ole Daniel. "Bourneville-Pringle disease". Who Named It?. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
• Daley, Sharon Fletcher. "PXE for Pediatricians". PXE International, Inc. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
• Cincotta, Sheila. "History of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum". MemberGram Vol. 2 No. 1 Spring 1997. PXE International, Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
• ""William Dubreuilh et les Dermatologistes Français", Jean Civatte". Exposition et Symposium William Dubreuilh (PDF) (in French). Société Française d'Histoire de la Dermatologie. 2002-10-18. p. 20. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
• "Biography: Félix Balzer". Histoire de la Médecine et de l'Art Dentaire. Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine et d'Odontologie (BIUM). Retrieved 2007-07-12.