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Acitretin for erythrokeratodermia variabilis in a 9-year-old girl
Robin A C Graham-Brown1, Toby A Chave
1Department of Dermatology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Pediatric Dermatology
|November 20, 2002
Abstract:
Erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV) is a rare genodermatosis with a unique phenotype. Treatment with oral synthetic retinoids is well documented in adults, but not in children. We report a 9-year-old girl with EKV who cleared rapidly following treatment with oral acitretin.