A Case of Darier' s Disease Treated by the Combined Treatment with Oral Etretinate and Topical Tretinoin Cream.
- Author:
Kwang Hoi HUR
;
Hee Ok KIM
;
See Ryong PARK
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dariers Disease;
Etretinate;
Tretinoin Cream
- MeSH:
Acitretin*;
Adolescent;
Darier Disease;
Etretinate*;
Humans;
Male;
Neck;
Tretinoin*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1995;33(4):764-768
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of Dariers disease which showed a more effective result using a combined treatment with oral etretinate and topical tretinoin cream than treatment with oral etretinate alone in a 17-year old male patient. Oral etretinate 40mg was given daily and topical therapy with tretinoin cream was applied to lesions of neck and face. Two weeks later, lesions of neck and face showed good improvement compared with the not applied lesions. Topical therapy was then extended to other lesions. Six weeks after treatment, there was a marked improvement. Three months after treatment, most of lesions were nearly gon.
