Korean J Dermatol.
2007 Jan;45(1):37-39.
A Case of Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji which Responded to Treatment with Cyclosporine
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, The Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. g9563009@cu.ac.kr
Abstract
- Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji is an uncommon dermatological disorder of unknown etiology and is characterized by a pruritic eruption of widespread confluent papules in vast sheets over the skin, but spares the skin folds (the so-called 'deck-chair' effect). We present a case of a patient with papuloerythroderma of Ofuji of unknown cause. Treatment with oral and topical corticosteroids, antihistamines, and narrow-band UVB phototherapy proved to be ineffective in helping the condition but considerable clinical improvement was obtained with cyclosporine.
