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Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis responding to Tamoxifen
Author(s) -
STEPHENS C.J.M.,
WOJNAROWSKA F.T.,
WILKINSON J.D.
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2133.1989.tb01410.x
Subject(s) - tamoxifen , medicine , dermatology , cancer , breast cancer
SUMMARY A case of autoimmune progesterone dermatitis is described. Exacerbation occurred premenstrually and after intramuscular and oral challenge with synthetic progesterone. The condition failed to respond to oestrogen, but there has been a marked improvement with the antioestrogen drug Tamoxifen.