Severe vulval apocrine acne successfully treated with prednisolone and isotretinoin.

Clin Exp Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.

Published: May 1999

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Apocrine acne, otherwise known as hidradenitis suppurativa, is a chronic inflammatory scarring disease affecting the apocrine gland-bearing skin. We present a case of a 34-year-old woman with severe vulval apocrine acne who was successfully treated initially with prednisolone and then maintained on long-term isotretinoin. This case indicates that long-term treatment with isotretinoin may be more successful than the usual 4-6 months treatment regime.

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