[Etretinate therapy of papillomatosis cutis carcinoides]

The authors review the case-history of a 67-year old female patient suffering from papillomatosis cutis carcinoids. They present other pathographies found in the pseudocancerosis group, and their transformation into praecancerosis. They give an account of the successful treatment of cases classified under the pseudocancerosis group with etretinate. They further call attention to the wide-spread applicability of retinoids.