Facial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat

Abstract Facial discoid dermatosis (FDD) is a recently described condition comprising discrete facial papulo‐squamous lesions. We report three cases that clinically and histologically resemble FDD and demonstrate its resistance to treatment. Awareness of this new clinical entity will allow early dia...

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Autores principales: S. Rahmatulla, K. Batta, F. Tatnall, D. Sandhu, V. Brown
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6ea6f1415e4e4f449f97567e44c457cf2021-12-02T11:13:08ZFacial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat2690-442X10.1002/ski2.56https://doaj.org/article/6ea6f1415e4e4f449f97567e44c457cf2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ski2.56https://doaj.org/toc/2690-442XAbstract Facial discoid dermatosis (FDD) is a recently described condition comprising discrete facial papulo‐squamous lesions. We report three cases that clinically and histologically resemble FDD and demonstrate its resistance to treatment. Awareness of this new clinical entity will allow early diagnosis and the ability to make patients aware that there is unlikely to be a successful treatment. However, our study suggests that although FDD can persist for many years, it appears to remain stable.S. RahmatullaK. BattaF. TatnallD. SandhuV. BrownWileyarticleDermatologyRL1-803ENSkin Health and Disease, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
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F. Tatnall
D. Sandhu
V. Brown
Facial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
description Abstract Facial discoid dermatosis (FDD) is a recently described condition comprising discrete facial papulo‐squamous lesions. We report three cases that clinically and histologically resemble FDD and demonstrate its resistance to treatment. Awareness of this new clinical entity will allow early diagnosis and the ability to make patients aware that there is unlikely to be a successful treatment. However, our study suggests that although FDD can persist for many years, it appears to remain stable.
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author S. Rahmatulla
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F. Tatnall
D. Sandhu
V. Brown
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title Facial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
title_short Facial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
title_full Facial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
title_fullStr Facial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
title_full_unstemmed Facial discoid dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
title_sort facial discoid dermatosis: a cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
publisher Wiley
publishDate 2021
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