A progressive asymptomatic hyperpigmented papular eruption. Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis (CRP) of Gougerot and Carteaud

Treatment of Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis with Azithromycin

“…Since its first description by Gougerot and Carteaud in 1927, many etiologies for the disease have been proposed. Possible causes of CRP include endocrine imbalances such as diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease (6, 16, 17), disturbance of keratinization (2, 6, 10, 11, 16), exposure to ultraviolet light (2, 6, 10, 17), an abnormal tissue reaction to pityrosporum orbiculares, hereditary predisposition (2, 16), and a variant of cutaneous amyloidosis (2, 17).…”

Is confluent and reticulated papillomatosis without papillomatosis early or late stage of confluent and reticulated papillomatosis?

“…The sites of predilection are the neck, interscapular region, inframammary area and abdomen 2 . The eruption is usually asymptomatic, but pruritus may occasionally occur 3 . The disease is subject to spontaneous remissions and exacerbations 4 .…”

“…Since its first description by Gougerot and Carteaud in 1927, many etiologies for the disease have been proposed. The possible causes of CRP may be endocrine imbalances such as diabetes mellitus and thyroid diseases, 1,3 disturbance of keratinization, 1,7–9 exposure to ultraviolet light, 1,3,7,8 an abnormal tissue reaction to pityrosporum ovale, and hereditary predisposition 7,10 . Moreover, it has been assumed to be a variant of cutaneous amyloidosis 3,7 …”