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| Year : 2021 | Volume
: 53
| Issue : 5 | Page : 388-390 |
Pseudogynecomastia: A chance occurrence with acitretin
Seema Rani, Soumya Sachdeva
Department of Dermatology, Dr. RMLH, ABVIMS, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Seema Rani
D-13, MCD Flats, Swaminarayan Marg, Gulabi Bagh, Delhi - 110 007
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_982_20
Psoriatic involvement of nails manifests in the form of irregular, deep and large pits, splinter hemorrhages, subungual hyperkeratosis, oil drop spot, and onycholysis of the nail bed. Retinoids are one of the treatment modalities for nail psoriasis. Pseudogynecomastia is an uncommonly reported side effect of retinoids. We hereby describe an 11-year-old adolescent who developed pseudogynecomastia posttreatment with acitretin for nail psoriasis.
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