Acne fulminans

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Wiley InterScience

International Journal of Dermatology

Volume 44 Issue 2, Pages 132 - 133

Published Online: 24 Aug 2004

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Morphology

Acne fulminans

Khosrow Mehrany, MD , Joseph M. Kist, MD , Roger H. Weenig, MD , and Patricia M. Witman, MD

From the Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Correspondence to Patricia M. Witman, MD Department of Dermatology Mayo Clinic 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 USA E-mail: witman.patricia@mayo.edu

ABSTRACT

Acne fulminans is a syndrome of fulminant, necrotizing acne associated with bone lesions, constitutional symptoms, and laboratory abnormalities. A case report of an adolescent male with acne fulminans following withdrawal of isotretinoin and prednisone is presented.

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