Development of Folliculitis in a Patient with Recalcitrant Pustular Psoriasis Following Acitretin Treatment: A Case Report
June 2017
TLDR A woman developed folliculitis after taking acitretin for psoriasis, which was treated with skin dressing and antibiotics.
A 37-year-old woman with recalcitrant pustular psoriasis developed folliculitis, a rare side effect, after nearly 1 year of treatment with acitretin (50 mg/day). Despite partial resolution of psoriasis lesions with acitretin, she presented with pruritic papules on her anterior thigh and forearms. The folliculitis was successfully treated with skin dressing and antibiotics. This case highlighted the importance of considering folliculitis in the differential diagnosis of papular eruptions in patients on high-dose acitretin.