Sudden Appearance of Indurated Erythematous Plaques on a Man's Face

Rosacea fulminans (RF), previously known as pyoderma faciale, is a rare presentation of rosacea mostly seen in young women. RF is seen very rarely in men. We present below a case of a fifty-year-old male who presented with RF and was successfully treated with a combination of corticosteroids and iso...

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Autores principales: Carter, A., Viswanathan, K., Shulman, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5192689
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description Rosacea fulminans (RF), previously known as pyoderma faciale, is a rare presentation of rosacea mostly seen in young women. RF is seen very rarely in men. We present below a case of a fifty-year-old male who presented with RF and was successfully treated with a combination of corticosteroids and isotretinoin.
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spelling pubmed-50407752016-10-04 Sudden Appearance of Indurated Erythematous Plaques on a Man's Face Carter, A. Viswanathan, K. Shulman, K. Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report Rosacea fulminans (RF), previously known as pyoderma faciale, is a rare presentation of rosacea mostly seen in young women. RF is seen very rarely in men. We present below a case of a fifty-year-old male who presented with RF and was successfully treated with a combination of corticosteroids and isotretinoin. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5040775/ /pubmed/27703816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5192689 Text en Copyright © 2016 A. Carter et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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title_short Sudden Appearance of Indurated Erythematous Plaques on a Man's Face
title_sort sudden appearance of indurated erythematous plaques on a man's face
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040775/
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