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Treatment Resistant Acneiform Eruption in a Young Female: A Diagnostic Pitfall
Ioannis-Alexios Koumprentziotis1, Evdoxia Panou1, Antonis Tsimpidakis1
11st Department of Dermatology, "Andreas Syggros" Hospital for Skin Diseases, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 16121 Athens, Greece.
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A 27-year-old female with no significant medical or dermatologic history presented with a persistent acneiform eruption on the face. The patient had been treated with multiple topical and systemic anti-acne treatments with no significant improvement over a period of two years. A punch biopsy was performed on the right cheek lesion showing dense lymphocytic infiltrates of the reticular dermis with peri- and intra-follicular distribution.

