Pityriasis rubra pilaris in Singapore

摘要: Summary Fourteen patients with pityriasis rubra pilaris seen between 1981 and 1989 were evaluated retrospectively. There nine male five female patients. was a bimodal age of onset in early childhood adulthood. All the had either follicular hyperker-atosis or hyperkeratosis palms soles. Nine erythroderma. The classical forms, children adult patients, more likely to recover. Several treatment modalities used these included steroids, Vitamin A, etretinate, retinoic acid ultraviolet light (UBV). complete recovery. Four received only two cleared while on vitamin etretinate one methotrexate.