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- Title
Budesonide-Induced Periorificial Dermatitis Presenting as Chalazion and Blepharitis.
- Authors
HENNINGSEN, EMIL; BYGUM, ANETTE
- Abstract
We report a case of periorificial dermatitis caused by suboptimal inhalation of budesonide for asthma. The initial skin lesions presented in the eye surroundings, leading to diagnostic difficulties and treatment of presumed chalazion and staphylococcal folliculitis. After several months, the patient developed perioral papules and pustules and was diagnosed with periorificial dermatitis. He was efficiently treated with topical metronidazole and oral erythromycin.
- Subjects
CASE studies; SKIN inflammation; STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases; METRONIDAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN
- Publication
Pediatric Dermatology, 2011, Vol 28, Issue 5, p596
- ISSN
0736-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01516.x