LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS - COMPLETE REMISSION AFTER ORAL ISOTRETINOIN THERAPY

Authors
TSAMBAOS D GEORGIOU S KAPRANOS N MONASTIRLI A STRATIGOS A BERGER H
Citation
D. Tsambaos et al., LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS - COMPLETE REMISSION AFTER ORAL ISOTRETINOIN THERAPY, Acta dermato-venereologica, 75(1), 1995, pp. 62-64
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Acta dermato-venereologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015555
Volume
75
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
62 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5555(1995)75:1<62:LCH-CR>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report a 48-year-old male patient with Langerhans' cell histiocytos is, who showed a complete remission of his single-system skin disease after an 8-month therapy with oral isotretinoin (1.5 mg/kg/day) and re mained free of recurrence and visceral involvement for 5 years.