Granuloma Faciale with Extrafacial Involvement and Response to Tacrolimus

Granuloma faciale (GF) is a chronic condition characterized by red-brown plaques with follicular accentuation present usually on the face. We present a case of 35-year-old female with 5 year history of plaques over cheek and extra facial sites consistent with GF and its response to topical tacrolimu...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Lipy, Naik, Hira, Kumar, Neha Meena, Kar, Hemanta Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23060713
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.99463
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description Granuloma faciale (GF) is a chronic condition characterized by red-brown plaques with follicular accentuation present usually on the face. We present a case of 35-year-old female with 5 year history of plaques over cheek and extra facial sites consistent with GF and its response to topical tacrolimus. This case supports previous reports of successful treatment of GF with topical tacrolimus.
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spelling pubmed-34617952012-10-11 Granuloma Faciale with Extrafacial Involvement and Response to Tacrolimus Gupta, Lipy Naik, Hira Kumar, Neha Meena Kar, Hemanta Kumar J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Report Granuloma faciale (GF) is a chronic condition characterized by red-brown plaques with follicular accentuation present usually on the face. We present a case of 35-year-old female with 5 year history of plaques over cheek and extra facial sites consistent with GF and its response to topical tacrolimus. This case supports previous reports of successful treatment of GF with topical tacrolimus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3461795/ /pubmed/23060713 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.99463 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Granuloma Faciale with Extrafacial Involvement and Response to Tacrolimus
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title_full Granuloma Faciale with Extrafacial Involvement and Response to Tacrolimus
title_fullStr Granuloma Faciale with Extrafacial Involvement and Response to Tacrolimus
title_full_unstemmed Granuloma Faciale with Extrafacial Involvement and Response to Tacrolimus
title_short Granuloma Faciale with Extrafacial Involvement and Response to Tacrolimus
title_sort granuloma faciale with extrafacial involvement and response to tacrolimus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23060713
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