Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report

Ulerythema ophryogenes (UO) or keratosis pilaris rubra atrophicans faciei is a disorder of keratinization that primarily affects the face. The inflammatory process in UO may eventually result in alopecia. The incidence of this disorder is still unknown. We present a case of UO in a 28-year-old male,...

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Autores principales: Algharbi, Nouf, Jazzar, Yara, Shadid, Asem, Almesfer, Asem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35936140
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26593
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author Algharbi, Nouf
Jazzar, Yara
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description Ulerythema ophryogenes (UO) or keratosis pilaris rubra atrophicans faciei is a disorder of keratinization that primarily affects the face. The inflammatory process in UO may eventually result in alopecia. The incidence of this disorder is still unknown. We present a case of UO in a 28-year-old male, the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia.
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spelling pubmed-93525352022-08-05 Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report Algharbi, Nouf Jazzar, Yara Shadid, Asem Almesfer, Asem Cureus Dermatology Ulerythema ophryogenes (UO) or keratosis pilaris rubra atrophicans faciei is a disorder of keratinization that primarily affects the face. The inflammatory process in UO may eventually result in alopecia. The incidence of this disorder is still unknown. We present a case of UO in a 28-year-old male, the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Cureus 2022-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9352535/ /pubmed/35936140 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26593 Text en Copyright © 2022, Algharbi et al. https://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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Algharbi, Nouf
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Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report
title Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report
title_full Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report
title_fullStr Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report
title_short Ulerythema Ophryogenes in a Saudi Male: A Case Report
title_sort ulerythema ophryogenes in a saudi male: a case report
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35936140
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26593
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