Rosacea-like eruption due to topical pimecrolimus.

Rosacea-like tinea incognito due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes vr. mentagrophytes.

Tinea incognito is a dermatophytosis with atypi-cal clinical manifestation in the absence of the typical " ringworm " (1). The term tinea incognito was originally used in 1968 by Ive and Marks in 14 patients with atypical dermatophytic infection caused by a previous steroid treatment (2). Since then, several cases of tinea incognito have been described after topical application of pimecrolimus ...

Perioral Dermatitis: Still a Therapeutic Challenge.

Perioral dermatitis is a common and often chronic dermatosis. In its classic form, it primarily affects women aged 15 to 45 years, but there are also variants including lupus-like and granulomatous perioral dermatitis, where granulomatous form is more common in childhood and affects mostly prepubescent boys. The etiopathogenesis of the disease remains unclear, but there is a frequent finding of...

Pimecrolimus cream 1% is effective in a case of granulomatous rosacea.

Facial flush reaction after alcohol ingestion during topical pimecrolimus and tacrolimus treatment.

tion of small quantities of beer or wine. The patients reported the sudden onset of an itching-burning sensation quickly followed by flushing. The facial reaction occurred within 5 and 10 min after the alcohol ingestion and between 2 and 4 weeks after the start of the treatment. The erythema was confined not only to the treated facial areas, but it also extended to the healthy skin, and its tot...

Discrete and Coalescing Pustules Masking Severe Recalcitrant Rosacea due to Demodex

We describe a clinical case concerning a 36 year old man with a recalcitrant dermatosis involving the face and neck to demonstrate how multiple pathogenic mechanisms may ultimately prohibit disease resolution. This patient’s disease persisted despite multiple standard treatments for the leading differential diagnoses early in the disease course including: topical/systemic corticosteroids for an...