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Dermatología Cosmética, Médica y Quirúrgica 2010; 8 (3)

Severe Favre-Racouchot disease: A case report

Enríquez MJ, Domínguez GMA, Llergo VRJ, Siu MCM, Alfaro OLP

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 192-195
PDF size: 896.87 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The Favre-Racouchot disease is due to solar exposure that causes skin degeneration, multiple comedons and yellow-colored follicular cysts, usually located in the periorbitary region in elderly individuals. Factors commonly associated to this pathology are smoking and low temperature exposition —as well as chemical substances. Pathogenesis of the disease remains uncertain; theories have focused on the elastic fibers degeneration of the dermis, allowing the presence of comedons.
Treatment is mainly based on topic retinoids , dermoabrassion, manual comedons extraction and in severe cases, surgical removal of the lesions.
We report a case of a 63 year-old male with severe Favre-Racouchot disease successfully treated with surgery and a favorable outcome in his quality of life.


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