Excess granulation tissue and hair loss following acitretin

Francesca Gaudiello; Massimiliano Scalvenzi; Lucia Gallo; Nicola Balato

doi:10.4081/dr.2011.e2

Excess granulation tissue and hair loss following acitretin

https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e2

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011)

Submitted: 27 June 2010
Accepted: 9 December 2010

Published: 4 February 2011

psoriasis, acitretin, granulation tissue, alopecia

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Authors

Francesca Gaudiello Clinica Dermatologica. Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
Massimiliano Scalvenzi Clinica Dermatologica. Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
Lucia Gallo
luc.gallo@libero.it
Clinica Dermatologica. Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
Nicola Balato Clinica Dermatologica. Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.

Retinoids are routinely used in dermatology for various clinical entities including acne vulgaris, rosacea, hypertrophic scars, strie distensae, psoriasis, disorders of dyskeratinization, cancer prevention and other chronic hyperkeratotic disorders. Oral acitretin therapy is effective in the treatment of psoriasis normalizing cellular differentiation and maturation but clinical side-effects are reported. We describe the occurrence of excess granulation tissue in the nails sulcus and noncicatricial universal alopecia in a psoriatic patient receiving oral acitretin.

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Gaudiello, F., Scalvenzi, M., Gallo, L., & Balato, N. (2011). Excess granulation tissue and hair loss following acitretin. Dermatology Reports, 3(1), e2. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e2