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A linear forehead lesion caused by intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide and treated with hyaluronic acid filler: Case report
Author(s) -
Piccolo Arianna,
Pensa Chiara,
Zangrilli Arianna,
Bavetta Mauro,
Diluvio Laura,
Bianchi Luca
Publication year - 2020
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.14526
Subject(s) - medicine , triamcinolone acetonide , dermatology , hyaluronic acid , forehead , lesion , atrophy , hypopigmentation , alopecia areata , surgery , scalp , pathology , anatomy
Intralesional steroid injection is a treatment method frequently used to resolve a large number of orthopedic, rheumatological, dermatological, and neurological disorders. Although this treatment is very effective, it is not without possible side effects, both systemic and local, among which we can mention pain, bleeding, ulceration, atrophy, pigmentary changes, calcification, secondary infections, formation of granulomas, allergic reactions and, in very rare cases, the development of linear atrophy, and hypopigmentation. Here, we present a case of frontal linear skin atrophy after intralesional steroid injection for the treatment of alopecia areata (AA) in a 29 year‐old patient, successfully treated with a hyaluronic acid filler.