Nasza Dermatologia Online (Apr 2017)

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

  • Magdalena Kręgiel,
  • Anna Żuchowska,
  • Katarzyna Tomaszewska,
  • Agnieszka Wojciechowska ,
  • Anna Jędrowiak,
  • Katarzyna Tabara,
  • Wojciech Bienias,
  • Joanna Krzysiek,
  • Andrzej Kaszuba,
  • Ewa Trznadel-Grodzka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7241/ourd.20172.57
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 210 – 214

Abstract

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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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