TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of Favre-Racouchot syndrome treated with retinoic acid and surgical excision
AU - Kyoung Moon Kim, Moon Kim
AU - Sang Wook Son, Wook Son
AU - Gil Joo Lee, Joo Lee
AU - Seung Hyun Hong, Hyun Hong
AU - Il Hwan Kim, Hwan Kim
AU - Oh, Chil Hwan
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - Favre-Racouchot syndrome is a disease of senile or actinic processes and another name is nodular elastosis with cysts and comedones. Clinically, facial skin shows, especially lateral to the eyes, multiple open and cystically dilatated comedones and can be defined as cutaneous disturbances characterized by a degenerative process of the dermis associated with cysts and comedones. Sunlight is a strong causative factor and dermal degenerative processes result in this condition. We report the case of a 78-year-old man who showed multiple yellowish papules on both sides of cheeks, the periorbital and, malar areas. He had had this condition for 25-years. His job used to involve physical labor and much exposure to sunlight. An excisional biopsy specimen from the facial malar lesion showed cystically dilated comedones with basophilically degenerated dermal tissue. We performed a therapeutic excision on the two large nodular lesions on both malar areas and applied topical tretinoin. The Patient's clinical appearance was much improved 2 months later.
AB - Favre-Racouchot syndrome is a disease of senile or actinic processes and another name is nodular elastosis with cysts and comedones. Clinically, facial skin shows, especially lateral to the eyes, multiple open and cystically dilatated comedones and can be defined as cutaneous disturbances characterized by a degenerative process of the dermis associated with cysts and comedones. Sunlight is a strong causative factor and dermal degenerative processes result in this condition. We report the case of a 78-year-old man who showed multiple yellowish papules on both sides of cheeks, the periorbital and, malar areas. He had had this condition for 25-years. His job used to involve physical labor and much exposure to sunlight. An excisional biopsy specimen from the facial malar lesion showed cystically dilated comedones with basophilically degenerated dermal tissue. We performed a therapeutic excision on the two large nodular lesions on both malar areas and applied topical tretinoin. The Patient's clinical appearance was much improved 2 months later.
KW - Excision
KW - Favre Racouchot syndrome
KW - Retinoic acid
KW - Sunlight
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031835543
SN - 0494-4739
VL - 36
SP - 313
EP - 316
JO - Korean Journal of Dermatology
JF - Korean Journal of Dermatology
IS - 2
ER -