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HYPERKERATOSIS LENTICULARIS PERSTANS (FLEGEL): REPORT OF A CASE IN WHICH THE APPLICATION OF BETAMETHASONE‐17‐VALERATE CREAM CAUSED COMPLETE CLEARING OF THE LESIONS *
Author(s) -
Donald G. F.,
Hunter G. A.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1967.tb01148.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , hyperkeratosis , betamethasone , epidermolytic hyperkeratosis
S ummary The distinctive clinical and histological features of an extensive case of hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans and the rapid and complete response to topical applications of betamethasone‐17‐valerate are recorded. No previous record of effective treatment has been described in the four male cases previously recorded in the literature. A 57 year old female has also been studied with a twenty year old history of an unremitting progressive eruption showing the clinical and histological features of hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans. In this patient initial response to topical therapy with betamethasone‐17‐valerate is most gratifying, and is the first treatment to influence the signs and symptoms of the disease state.