Félix Balzer

Félix Balzer (4 April 1849 – 15 March 1929) was a French physician, specialising in dermatology and pathology.^[1]

Félix Balzer
Born	(1849-04-04)April 4, 1849
Died	March 15, 1929(1929-03-15) (aged 79)
Nationality	French
Occupation	Physician

Balzer gave an early description of pseudoxanthoma elasticum in 1884.^[2] He used the term "xanthome elastique" but subsequently it was found not to be a form of xanthomatosis.^[3] Balzer is also responsible for coining the term "adénomes sébacés" (adenoma sebaceum) to describe the papular facial rash of tuberous sclerosis.^[4] Again, this term proved to be incorrect since the papules were neither adenoma nor derived from sebaceous glands.^[5]

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.^[6]

Papers

• Balzer F (1884). "Recherches sur les charactères anatomiques du xanthélasma". Archives de Physiologie Normale et Pathologique. 4 (3). Paris: 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. 5. Paris: 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. 6 (3). Paris: 564–76.
• Balzer F, Grandhomme (1886). "Nouveau cas d'adénomes sébacés de la facea". Archives de Physiologie Normale et Pathologique. 8. Paris: 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

External links

• Biography