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CONFLUENT AND RETICULATE PAPILLOMATOSIS (GOUGEROT‐CARTEAUD) AND PITYROSPORUM ORBICULARE
Author(s) -
ROBERTS S. O. B.,
LACHAPELLE J. M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1969.tb15954.x
Subject(s) - papillomatosis , reticulate , malassezia , tinea versicolor , biology , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , medicine , botany
SUMMARY.— A patient whose lesions satisfied the clinical and histological criteria for the diagnosis of confluent and reticulate papillomatosis (C.R.P.) is described. Many of the lesions showed yellow fluorescence and were heavily colonized by Pityrosporum orbiculare but no evidence was found of filament formation as in Malassezia furfur. Treatment with 10% sodium thiosulphate and with selenium sulphide resulted in virtual eradication of P. orbiculare and complete clearance of the eruption. The possibility is discussed that C.R.P. may represent a peculiar host reaction to heavy colonization by P. orbiculare.