Unilateral favre-racouchot disease: evidence for the etiological role of chronic solar damage.

Authors :: Vogel S
Mühlstädt M
Molin S
Ruzicka T
Schneider J
Herzinger T
Source :: Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) [Dermatology] 2013; Vol. 226 (1), pp. 32-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Feb 26.
Publication Year :: 2013
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.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel.)

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

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