Unilateral Favre-Racouchot Disease: Evidence for the Etiological Role of Chronic Solar Damage

Vogel, Sandra; Mühlstädt, Michael; Molin, Sonja; Ruzicka, Thomas; Schneider, Joseph and Herzinger, Thomas (2013): Unilateral Favre-Racouchot Disease: Evidence for the Etiological Role of Chronic Solar Damage. In: Dermatology, No. 1: pp. 32-34

Abstract

Favre-Racouchot disease commonly presents as comedones, cysts andelastosis in the periocular region of older men. Its etiology has beenlinked to several exogenous factors. Here we present 2 patients withstrictly unilateral manifestation of the disease and a correspondinghistory of predominantly one-sided chronic occupational sun exposure andsmoking, making the case for the causative role of these two factors.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• ISSN: 1018-8665
• Alliance/National Licence: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
• Language: English