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We describe two patients with pityriasis rubra pilaris in whom hypertriglyceridemia developed following the oral administration of high-dose vitamin A (retinol). The effects of transient hypertriglyceridemia are unknown, as both patients tolerated high-dose vitamin A therapy with minor, if any,
Pityriasis versicolor is a frequent mycosis and the use of systemic corticotherapy is one of its predisposing factors. This is an observational, cross-sectional, analytical and comparative study, conducted from January 2012 to January 2013 in the following outpatient clinics: Dermatology Service,
The treatment of seborrhoea oleosa capillitii should aim at inhibiting depletion of the sebaceous glands, lipid synthesis in the sebaceous gland and microbial lipolysis of the triglycerides in the scalp and hair lipids. The use of isopropyl alcohol as a vehicle in a hair tonic reduces sebum
Lipid peroxidation has been investigated both in cultures of Pityrosporum supplemented with different lipid classes and in skin surface lipids from patients affected with pityriasis versicolor. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and 2 spectrophotometric methods were used: the indirect thiobarbituric
The composition of the total skin surface lipid, free fatty acids and fatty acid of triglyceride was used in discriminant analyses to classify patients with severe acne vulgaris (AV), pityriasis versicolor (PV), seborrhoeic dermatitis (SD) and atopic dermatitis (AD). It was not possible to
Isotretinoin is a new orally active retinoic acid derivative for the treatment of severe refractory nodulocystic acne. The pharmacological profile of isotretinoin suggests that it acts primarily by reducing sebaceous gland size and sebum production, and as a result alters skin surface lipid