Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type

We report the case of cutaneous sarcoidosis of lichenoid type successfully treated with pimecrolimus. For the first time in the literature, we propose the use of this topical calcineurin inhibitor for the treatment of the cases refractory to common therapy regimens.

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Autores principales: Tammaro, Antonella, Abruzzese, Claudia, Narcisi, Alessandra, Cortesi, Giorgia, Parisella, Francesca Romana, Di Russo, Pier Paolo, De Marco, Gabriella, Persechino, Severino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24826355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/976851
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author Tammaro, Antonella
Abruzzese, Claudia
Narcisi, Alessandra
Cortesi, Giorgia
Parisella, Francesca Romana
Di Russo, Pier Paolo
De Marco, Gabriella
Persechino, Severino
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Abruzzese, Claudia
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Cortesi, Giorgia
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spelling pubmed-40065562014-05-13 Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type Tammaro, Antonella Abruzzese, Claudia Narcisi, Alessandra Cortesi, Giorgia Parisella, Francesca Romana Di Russo, Pier Paolo De Marco, Gabriella Persechino, Severino Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report We report the case of cutaneous sarcoidosis of lichenoid type successfully treated with pimecrolimus. For the first time in the literature, we propose the use of this topical calcineurin inhibitor for the treatment of the cases refractory to common therapy regimens. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4006556/ /pubmed/24826355 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/976851 Text en Copyright © 2014 Antonella Tammaro et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tammaro, Antonella
Abruzzese, Claudia
Narcisi, Alessandra
Cortesi, Giorgia
Parisella, Francesca Romana
Di Russo, Pier Paolo
De Marco, Gabriella
Persechino, Severino
Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type
title Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type
title_full Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type
title_fullStr Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type
title_full_unstemmed Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type
title_short Topical Pimecrolimus as a New Optional Treatment in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis of Lichenoid Type
title_sort topical pimecrolimus as a new optional treatment in cutaneous sarcoidosis of lichenoid type
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24826355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/976851
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