TY - JOUR
T1 - Keratosis pilaris rubra
T2 - A common but underrecognized condition
AU - Marqueling, Ann L.
AU - Gilliam, Amy E.
AU - Prendiville, Julie
AU - Zvulunov, Alex
AU - Antaya, Richard J.
AU - Sugarman, Jeffrey
AU - Pang, Mei Lin
AU - Lee, Phillip
AU - Eichenfield, Lawrence
AU - Metz, Brandie
AU - Goldberg, Gerald N.
AU - Phillips, Roderic J.
AU - Frieden, Ilona J.
PY - 2006/12/28
Y1 - 2006/12/28
N2 - Background: Keratosis pilaris is a common skin disorder of childhood that often improves with age. Less common variants of keratosis pilaris include keratosis pilaris atrophicans and atrophodermia vermiculata. Observations: In this case series from dermatology practices in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Australia, the clinical characteristics of 27 patients with keratosis pilaris rubra are described. Marked erythema with follicular prominence was noted in all patients, most commonly affecting the lateral aspects of the cheeks and the proximal arms and legs, with both more marked erythema and widespread extent of disease than in keratosis pilaris. The mean age at onset was 5 years (range, birth to 12 years). Sixty-three percent of patients were male.Nopatients had atrophy or scarring from their lesions. Various treatments were used, with minimal or no improvement in most cases. Conclusions: Keratosis pilaris rubra is a variant of keratosis pilaris, with more prominent erythema and with more widespread areas of skin involvement in some cases, but without the atrophy or hyperpigmentation noted in certain keratosis pilaris variants. It seems to be a relatively common but uncommonly reported condition.
AB - Background: Keratosis pilaris is a common skin disorder of childhood that often improves with age. Less common variants of keratosis pilaris include keratosis pilaris atrophicans and atrophodermia vermiculata. Observations: In this case series from dermatology practices in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Australia, the clinical characteristics of 27 patients with keratosis pilaris rubra are described. Marked erythema with follicular prominence was noted in all patients, most commonly affecting the lateral aspects of the cheeks and the proximal arms and legs, with both more marked erythema and widespread extent of disease than in keratosis pilaris. The mean age at onset was 5 years (range, birth to 12 years). Sixty-three percent of patients were male.Nopatients had atrophy or scarring from their lesions. Various treatments were used, with minimal or no improvement in most cases. Conclusions: Keratosis pilaris rubra is a variant of keratosis pilaris, with more prominent erythema and with more widespread areas of skin involvement in some cases, but without the atrophy or hyperpigmentation noted in certain keratosis pilaris variants. It seems to be a relatively common but uncommonly reported condition.
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U2 - 10.1001/archderm.142.12.1611
DO - 10.1001/archderm.142.12.1611
M3 - Article
C2 - 17178988
AN - SCOPUS:33845698650
SN - 0003-987X
VL - 142
SP - 1611
EP - 1616
JO - Archives of Dermatology
JF - Archives of Dermatology
IS - 12
ER -