2005
DOI: 10.1159/000088507
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Successful Treatment of Acrodermatitis Continua of Hallopeau with Sequential Combination of Calcipotriol and Tacrolimus Ointments

Abstract: Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau (ACH) is a rare type of pustular psoriasis affecting the digits. We report on a 43-year-old female patient who had been suffering from ACH for more than 20 years. Despite the fact that the disease was localized on one finger during the whole period, several topical and systemic treatments resulted in only temporary or partial improvement of the lesion. Although the monotherapies with calcipotriol and tacrolimus ointments gave no satisfying results in the long-term managemen… Show more

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“…It is considered as a rare and complicated form of pustular psoriasis that does not respond to standard antipsoriatic medications (1, 2). Many drugs have been used for the treatment of ACH, including vitamin A derivatives, vitamin D derivatives, phototherapy, and immunosupressants (3,4). TNFα inhibitors have been successfully administered in patients presented with plaque psoriasis associated with ACH.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…It is considered as a rare and complicated form of pustular psoriasis that does not respond to standard antipsoriatic medications (1, 2). Many drugs have been used for the treatment of ACH, including vitamin A derivatives, vitamin D derivatives, phototherapy, and immunosupressants (3,4). TNFα inhibitors have been successfully administered in patients presented with plaque psoriasis associated with ACH.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ortokeratotic hyperkeratosis, confluent parakeratosis, and abscess formation consisting of polymorphonuclear leucocytes in the stratum corneum, lymphocyte and neutrophil exocytosis, loss of granular layer, psoriasiform acanthosis, suprapapillary thinning, perivascular, interstitial lymphocytes and tortuous capillaries in the papillary dermis (hematoxylin&eosin x40) . Treatment with topical tacrolimus has been reported for a small number of ACH patients 2,[4][5][6] . In the majority of these cases, various topical and/or systemic agents were used prior to topical tacrolimus therapy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…HAK sıklıkla tedavilere dirençlidir, ara sıra dramatik yanıtlar elde edilmiştir. Tedavide tetrasiklin, azitromisin, dapson, topikal kalsipotriol ve betametazon, kolşisin, siklosporin, takrolimus, etanersept, infliksimab, asitretin, metotreksat, prednizolon, ultraviyole A + psoralen (PUVA) gibi immunmodulatörler ve bunların kombinasyonları kullanılarak değişik yanıtlar alınmıştır [6][7][8]. Darband ultraviyole B (UVB), talidomid + genişband UVB ve adalimumab ile başarıyla tedavi edilen çocuk ve yetişkin olgular bildirilmiştir [3,6].…”
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