Successful response to topical tacrolimus for a granuloma faciale in an elderly patient

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-360

  Pérez Robayna, Nuria ^a   Rodríguez García, Cristina ^a   González Hernández, Sorahaya ^a   Sánchez, Rosalba ^a   Guimerá, Francisco ^a   Sáez, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged subjects; Face; Granuloma; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MOMETASONE FUROATE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; OINTMENTS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449195678     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000243806     Document Type: Letter

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