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- Title
Rosacea fulminans triggered by high-dose vitamins B<sub>6</sub> and B<sub>12</sub>.
- Authors
Jansen, T; Romiti, R; Kreuter, A; Altmeyer, P
- Abstract
Abstract Rosacea fulminans is a rare variant of rosacea conglobata that occurs almost exclusively in women well past adolescence. The aetiology is unknown, although immunological, hormonal, and vascular factors have been suggested. We report the case of a 17-year-old girl with rosacea fulminans that was temporally associated with daily ingestion of high-dose vitamin B supplements. The onset was sudden and cosmetically disabling. The eruption improved when the vitamin supplement was discontinued and a therapeutic regimen including isotretinoin and methylprednisolone was introduced. It seems appropriate to consider the possibility of such a vitamin B-triggered condition in cases of subjects presenting new or exacerbating facial eruptions.
- Publication
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, 2001, Vol 15, Issue 5, p484
- ISSN
0926-9959
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1046/j.1468-3083.2001.00308.x