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Nevoid hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola: treatment with topical retinoic acid
Author(s) -
Okan Gökhan,
Baykal Can
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1999.tb00887.x
Subject(s) - hyperkeratosis , medicine , dermatology , areola , epidermolytic hyperkeratosis , dyskeratosis , retinoic acid , etiology , keratolytic , surgery , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Nevoid hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola is a rare dermatosis with unknown etiology, (Perez‐Izquierdo JM, Vilata JJ, Sanchez JL, et al. Retinoic acid treatment of nipple hyperkeratosis. Arch Dermatol 1990;126:687–688). Only 40 cases have been reported until 1997 (Alpsoy E, Yilmaz E, Aykol A. Hyperkeratosis of the nipple: report of two cases. J Dermatol 1997;24:43–45). The disease has a benign course and may only be a cosmetic problem. Different modalities have been used in the treatment of NHNA. In our case treatment with topical retinoic acid induced an acceptable response.