Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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  Granulomatous Rosacea: A Systematic Review of Clinical Presentations and Treatments
  Author(s): Anna Aronovich*, Yossi Taieb, Rina Segal and Emmilia Hodak
  
  Rosacea is a common inflammatory disease affecting the face with flushing, papules, pustules and telangiectasias. Granulomatous Rosacea (GR) is infrequent recognized variant of rosacea. Clinically it is a chronic disorder that primarily affects periorificial regions of the face and forehead. The purpose of our work was to systematically review available data about clinical presentation and treatments on granulomatous rosacea. Hence, a systematic review of studies evaluating GR was performed. The search yielded 1363 publications, with 18 eligible for review. Together with our case report, 19 studies were included overall. GR affected 39 males (41%) and 55 females (58%) women, mean age was 47 for males and 48 years for females. Youngest patient of GR was 9 years of age with upper range of 80 years. Cheeks were most common involved (64%), afterwards nose (34%), chin (18%), forehead (9%) .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2155-9554.23.14.647

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