ROSACEA

DEFINITION:
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION
FACE
ERYTHEMA,TELEANGIECTASI
ACUTE EPISODE : EDEMA, PAPULE

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
WOMAN
AGE 20 - 50 YEARS
WHITE SKIN

PATHOGENESIS ROSACEA:
ENVIRONMENTAL

DYSTROPHI DERMAL

INDIVIDUAL
SUSCEPTIBLE
INFLAMMATION

TELEANGIECTATION

ENDOTHELIUM DAMAGE

CLINICAL
SIGN:
ERYTHEM CENTRAL FACE, TELEANGIECTATION
ACUTE EPISODE PAPULE, PUSTULE
EYE INVOLVEMENT

COMPLICATION:

RHYNOPHYMA

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:

SEBORHOIC DERMATITIS

ERRUPTION
CAUSED BY
CORTICOSTEROID

TREATMENT:
TOPICAL:
METRONIDAZOLE CREAM 0.75%
SULFUR
SYSTEMIC:
ANTIBIOTICS - TETRACYCLINE
LASER - PHOTOTHERAPY