Synonym(s)
FACE
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Acne-like rash in children of dark skin color. Variant of granulomatous, perioriferal dermatitis (Gianotti). S.u. dermatitis, perioral granulomatous of childhood.
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Unknown; steroid side effects?
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ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
In children/young people of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity before puberty.
LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.
Face, centrofacial.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Acne-typical (facial) distributed, barely pinhead-sized follicular, non-itching papules.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Erythromycin-containing externals.
Progression/forecastThis section has been translated automatically.
Favourable, in general healing under erythromycin.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Antony FC et al (2002) Childhood granulomatous periorificial dermatitis in an Asian girl--a variant of sarcoid? Clin Exp Dermatol 27: 275-276
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