Perioral dermatitis with histopathologic features of granulomatous rosacea: successful treatment with isotretinoin.

Abstract

A young woman with a persistent eruption of small granulomas about the mouth and chin was studied and granulomatous perioral dermatitis was diagnosed. Some authorities consider that perioral dermatitis is a circumscribed variant of rosacea; the findings in this case tend to show a relationship between the two conditions. Once conventional therapies failed to result in a response, the eruption cleared, leaving pitted, atrophic scarring after a twenty week course of isotretinoin treatment.

• Authors: K W Smith
• Journal: Cutis (Cutis) Vol. 46 Issue 5 Pg. 413-5 (Nov 1990) ISSN: 0011-4162 [Print] United States
• PMID: 2148143 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Isotretinoin

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Adult
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Facial Dermatoses (drug therapy, pathology)
• Female
• Granuloma
• Humans
• Isotretinoin (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Rosacea (drug therapy, pathology)