Type I Segmental Darier’s Disease: Successful Treatment with Oral Acitretin- A Case Report
Published: May 1, 2023 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2023/63822.17934
Shanmugam Reddy Praveen Kumar, MY Suparna, Varsha Ramani, Tharayil Kunneth Sumathy
1. Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
3. Postgraduate Student, Department of Dermatology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
4. Professor, Department of Dermatology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
MY Suparna,
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: mysuparna.mail@gmail.com
Unilateral type I segmental Darier’s Disease (DD) is a rare variant of DD. It is characterised by eruptions which are erythematous and keratotic papules. The authors hereby report a case of an 18-year-old male patient who presented with waxy hyperpigmented keratotic papules on the right side of the trunk and lower limb and was confirmed by histopathology. He was treated with oral acitretin, 25 mg once a day, which showed a marked clinical improvement within four months.
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