A Possible Case of Statin-Induced Ichthyosis in an Elderly Woman

Ichthyosis is a heterogeneous group of hereditary or acquired skin disorders, characterized by increased stratum corneum production. Several systemic diseases and many drugs can occasionally cause acquired ichthyosis. We report a case of statin-induced ichthyosis in which the causality between stati...

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Autores principales: Ko, Ki Dong, Kim, Kyoung Kon, Baek, Jin-Ok, Suh, Heuy Sun, Hwang, In Cheol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29383212
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2018.39.1.51
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author Ko, Ki Dong
Kim, Kyoung Kon
Baek, Jin-Ok
Suh, Heuy Sun
Hwang, In Cheol
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description Ichthyosis is a heterogeneous group of hereditary or acquired skin disorders, characterized by increased stratum corneum production. Several systemic diseases and many drugs can occasionally cause acquired ichthyosis. We report a case of statin-induced ichthyosis in which the causality between statin and ichthyosis was found possible by using the Naranjo scale. A 79-year-old woman presented with pruritic skin lesions on both legs that appeared erythematous, scaly, and cracked. A clinical diagnosis of acquired ichthyosis was made and the statin was suspected as the cause. The skin lesions improved after 6 weeks of dose reduction of the statin.
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spelling pubmed-57888462018-01-30 A Possible Case of Statin-Induced Ichthyosis in an Elderly Woman Ko, Ki Dong Kim, Kyoung Kon Baek, Jin-Ok Suh, Heuy Sun Hwang, In Cheol Korean J Fam Med Case Report Ichthyosis is a heterogeneous group of hereditary or acquired skin disorders, characterized by increased stratum corneum production. Several systemic diseases and many drugs can occasionally cause acquired ichthyosis. We report a case of statin-induced ichthyosis in which the causality between statin and ichthyosis was found possible by using the Naranjo scale. A 79-year-old woman presented with pruritic skin lesions on both legs that appeared erythematous, scaly, and cracked. A clinical diagnosis of acquired ichthyosis was made and the statin was suspected as the cause. The skin lesions improved after 6 weeks of dose reduction of the statin. The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2018-01 2018-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5788846/ /pubmed/29383212 http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2018.39.1.51 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Korean Academy of Family Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort possible case of statin-induced ichthyosis in an elderly woman
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