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Disseminate and recurrent infundibulofolliculitis.
Archives of Dermatology
|February 1, 1979
Summary
Disseminate and recurrent infundibulofolliculitis, a rare skin condition primarily affecting Black individuals, showed positive response to oral vitamin A therapy. This treatment offers a potential management strategy for this previously untreatable condition.
Area of Science:
- Dermatology
- Dermatopathology
- Dermatologic Therapeutics
Background:
- Disseminate and recurrent infundibulofolliculitis is an uncommon, pruritic, papular follicular eruption.
- The condition primarily affects the trunk and proximal extremities, predominantly in Black individuals.
- Etiology and effective treatments for this condition remain largely unknown, with prior therapeutic interventions proving unsuccessful.