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Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis Associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is an endocrine disorder diagnosed commonly in young women. Various cutaneous manifestations can include acanthosis nigricans, acne, hirsutism, and alopecia. Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis is a rare skin condition that may be associated with polycystic ovarian s...

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Autores principales: Basu, Pallavi, Cohen, Philip R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30956909
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3956
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description Polycystic ovarian syndrome is an endocrine disorder diagnosed commonly in young women. Various cutaneous manifestations can include acanthosis nigricans, acne, hirsutism, and alopecia. Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis is a rare skin condition that may be associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome. The etiology of confluent and reticulated papillomatosis is not yet well established but multiple theories exist regarding its pathogenesis. We describe a woman with established polycystic ovarian syndrome who presented with confluent and reticulated papillomatosis; her skin condition was successfully treated with azithromycin. The clinical features, differential diagnosis, epidemiology, and proposed etiologies for confluent and reticulated papillomatosis are discussed as well as possible treatment options. Among women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, confluent and reticulated papillomatosis and acanthosis nigricans can occur concurrently. Additionally, it is possible that confluent and reticulated papillomatosis occurs more commonly in this patient population.
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spelling pubmed-64366732019-04-05 Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis Associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Basu, Pallavi Cohen, Philip R Cureus Dermatology Polycystic ovarian syndrome is an endocrine disorder diagnosed commonly in young women. Various cutaneous manifestations can include acanthosis nigricans, acne, hirsutism, and alopecia. Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis is a rare skin condition that may be associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome. The etiology of confluent and reticulated papillomatosis is not yet well established but multiple theories exist regarding its pathogenesis. We describe a woman with established polycystic ovarian syndrome who presented with confluent and reticulated papillomatosis; her skin condition was successfully treated with azithromycin. The clinical features, differential diagnosis, epidemiology, and proposed etiologies for confluent and reticulated papillomatosis are discussed as well as possible treatment options. Among women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, confluent and reticulated papillomatosis and acanthosis nigricans can occur concurrently. Additionally, it is possible that confluent and reticulated papillomatosis occurs more commonly in this patient population. Cureus 2019-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6436673/ /pubmed/30956909 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3956 Text en Copyright © 2019, Basu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis Associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
title_full Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis Associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
title_fullStr Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis Associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
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title_short Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis Associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
title_sort confluent and reticulated papillomatosis associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30956909
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3956
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