Acne fulminans in the course of oral isotretinoin treatment. Presentation of cases

Autor: Magdalena Kręgiel, Anna Żuchowska, Katarzyna Tomaszewska, Agnieszka Wojciechowska, Anna Jędrowiak, Katarzyna Tabara, Wojciech Bienias, Joanna Krzysiek, Andrzej Kaszuba, Ewa Trznadel-Grodzka
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Polish
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nasza Dermatologia Online, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 210-214 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2081-9390
DOI: 10.7241/ourd.20172.57
Popis: Isotretinoin is considered a gold standard in treating severe cases of acne. It brings lots of benefits but on the other hand can cause series of undesirable side-effects. We present 2 cases of patients suffering from acne fulminans in the course of treatment with oral isotretinoin. Acne fulminans is a very severe systemic disease and its course is difficult to foresee. The most important is rapid diagnosis and implementation of treatment. Systemic corticosteroids combined
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