1. Unilateral favre-racouchot disease: evidence for the etiological role of chronic solar damage.
- Author
-
Vogel S, Mühlstädt M, Molin S, Ruzicka T, Schneider J, and Herzinger T
- Subjects
- Aged, Cysts pathology, Facial Dermatoses pathology, Humans, Male, Photosensitivity Disorders pathology, Skin Abnormalities pathology, Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous pathology, Cysts etiology, Facial Dermatoses etiology, Photosensitivity Disorders etiology, Skin Abnormalities etiology, Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous etiology, Smoking adverse effects, Sunlight adverse effects
- Abstract
Favre-Racouchot disease commonly presents as comedones, cysts and elastosis in the periocular region of older men. Its etiology has been linked to several exogenous factors. Here we present 2 patients with strictly unilateral manifestation of the disease and a corresponding history of predominantly one-sided chronic occupational sun exposure and smoking, making the case for the causative role of these two factors., (Copyright © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel.)
- Published
- 2013
- Full Text
- View/download PDF