Scarring of lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei: treatment with a combination of trichloroacetic acid and carbon dioxide laser | Zendy

Kang Boo Kyoung | Zendy; Shin Min Kyung | Zendy

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Scarring of lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei: treatment with a combination of trichloroacetic acid and carbon dioxide laser

Author(s) -

Kang Boo Kyoung,

Shin Min Kyung

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

dermatologic therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1529-8019

pISSN - 1396-0296

DOI - 10.1111/dth.12110

Subject(s) - medicine , scars , dermatology , forehead , trichloroacetic acid , carbon dioxide laser , pyrazinamide , lupus vulgaris , systemic lupus erythematosus , pathology , surgery , disease , tuberculosis , laser , laser surgery , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , optics , isoniazid

We present a case of a 35‐year‐old man having a 12‐month history of multiple reddish‐brown papules on the chin, forehead, cheeks, and eyelids. Histopathologic findings revealed epithelioid cell granulomas with central necrosis consistent with a diagnosis of lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei. After 9 months of combined treatment with ethambutol, rifampin, and pyrazinamide, most lesions gradually resolved but remained as severe disfiguring scars. After 10 sessions of treatments with 100% trichloroacetic acid and CO 2 laser, the lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei scars have been much improved and the patient has never experienced a recurrence of disease during subsequent years of follow‐up.

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