Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Acne fulminans


The patients are predominantly young males, who quite suddenly develop extensive inflammatory lesions, especially on the trunk Associated features are fever, joint pain , weight loss, anorexia and general malaise. Bone pain also common may show lytic lesions on X ray. It is an uncommon, immunologically induced, systemic disease in which the offending antigen is P. acnes. This is considered as sever form of acne due to systemic features

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