Development of folliculitis in a patient with recalcitrant pustular psoriasis following acitretin treatment: a case report / Nur Ashikin Ahmad, Tarita Taib and Meera Kuppusamy.

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Nur Ashikin, Taib, Tarita, Kuppusamy, Meera
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2017
• Subjects: RL Dermatology; Skin manifestations of systemic disease
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30086/1/AJ_NUR%20ASHIKIN%20AHMAD%20JCHS%20B%2017.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30086/; https://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/images/manuscript/vol2issue1/case-report/p48-51/10JCHS-39-Case-Report.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Oral retinoids are among the drugs of choice for pustular psoriasis. Therapy with retinoids, including acitretin, is potent teratogens with other common side effects such as mucocutaneous involvement. Mucocutaneous side effects including dry lips (cheilitis), skin peeling, hair loss (alopecia), dry...