Journal List > Ann Dermatol > v.4(2) > 1046650

Suhr: A Case of Transient Acantholytic Dermatosis Improved with Tetracycline Hydrochloride

Abstract

We report a case of transient acantholytic dermatosis which occurred on the neck and clavicular areas of eighteen-year-old female and was improved with systemic administration of tetracycline hydrochloride.
She had mild pruritic and crusted erythematous papules. Family history was not contributory. Histopathologic findings were acantholytic dyskeratotic pattern with circumscribed suprabasal clefts, corps ronds, and grains in the epidermis of papular lesion.
She obtained incidental improvement of lesions on the neck and clavicles during medication with tetracycline hydrochloride which was prescribed for acne vulgaris on the face.

TOOLS
Similar articles