Author/Authors :
Noormohammadpour, Pedram Department of Dermatology - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Khezri, Somayeh Department of Dermatology - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Safaee Naraghi, Zahra Department of Dermatopathology - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Ghanadan, Alireza Department of Dermatopathology - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Khezri, Farzaneh Department of internal Medicine - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Abstract :
Confluent and Reticulate Papillomatosis (CRP) is a rare disease with poorly recognized etiology. Various agents such as antibacterial, topical/systemic antifungal and topical/oral retinoids have been used as treatment. Here, we report a 15-year-old female with CRP in whom yeasts of Malassezia were found in the PAS stain of the skin lesions. Topical terbinafine hydrochloride 1% spray and oral fluconazole disappeared the lesions, supporting the hypothesis that CRP maybe a reactive dermatosis to Malassezia.
Keywords :
confluent and reticulate papillomatosis , fluconazole , terbinafine , treatment
