Red facial pseudochromhidrosis

G P Thami; A J Kanwar

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03554.x

Red facial pseudochromhidrosis

Br J Dermatol. 2000 Jun;142(6):1219-20. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03554.x.

Authors

G P Thami¹, A J Kanwar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh 160 047, India.

PMID: 10848751
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03554.x

Abstract

We describe a 9-year-old girl with pseudochromhidrosis simulating apocrine chromhidrosis. Treatment with topical and systemic erythromycin resulted in complete clearance of the reddish discoloration of the face. No relapse or recurrence was observed over a 3-month period.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Apocrine Glands / metabolism
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Erythromycin / therapeutic use
Facial Dermatoses / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Pigmentation Disorders / diagnosis*
Sweat Gland Diseases / diagnosis*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Erythromycin