Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris
Treatment of pityriasis rubra pilaris is still challenging. We here present a 74-year-old woman who had not experienced stable remission of her skin symptoms during prior treatments including topical and systemic corticosteroids, phototherapy, orally administered acitretin, cyclosporine, methotrexat...
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| description | Treatment of pityriasis rubra pilaris is still challenging. We here present a 74-year-old woman who had not experienced stable remission of her skin symptoms during prior treatments including topical and systemic corticosteroids, phototherapy, orally administered acitretin, cyclosporine, methotrexate and adalimumab. A therapy with oral alitretinoin was started and tolerated very well. After a few weeks, skin condition improved significantly and itching and scaling disappeared. The present case shows that alitretinoin might be an alternative in the treatment of recalcitrant pityriasis rubra pilaris type I. Further studies are needed to investigate the benefit of this encouraging result. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35da818f129544ad853f71f16ec334a92022-12-22T02:35:36ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672011-04-0131858810.1159/000327704327704Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra PilarisLaurenz SchmittOliver InhoffEdgar DippelTreatment of pityriasis rubra pilaris is still challenging. We here present a 74-year-old woman who had not experienced stable remission of her skin symptoms during prior treatments including topical and systemic corticosteroids, phototherapy, orally administered acitretin, cyclosporine, methotrexate and adalimumab. A therapy with oral alitretinoin was started and tolerated very well. After a few weeks, skin condition improved significantly and itching and scaling disappeared. The present case shows that alitretinoin might be an alternative in the treatment of recalcitrant pityriasis rubra pilaris type I. Further studies are needed to investigate the benefit of this encouraging result.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/327704Hair lossRetonoids |
| spellingShingle | Laurenz Schmitt Oliver Inhoff Edgar Dippel Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris Case Reports in Dermatology Hair loss Retonoids |
| title | Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris |
| title_full | Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris |
| title_fullStr | Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris |
| title_short | Oral Alitretinoin for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris |
| title_sort | oral alitretinoin for the treatment of recalcitrant pityriasis rubra pilaris |
| topic | Hair loss Retonoids |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/327704 |
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