Favre-Racouchot syndrome
Last Updated: 2023-07-07
Author(s): Anzengruber F., Navarini A.
ICD11: EJ20.0
Last Updated: 2023-07-07
Author(s): Anzengruber F., Navarini A.
ICD11: EJ20.0
Favre and Racouchot 1951
Nodular elastosis with cysts and comedones
Morbus Facre-Racouchot
Elastéidosis cutanée nodulaire á kystes et à comédons (French)
Actinically damaged skin, often in the area of the temple with cysts and comedones.
Frequently older men.
Numerous comedones, follicular cysts. Wrinkling of the skin, as occurs in actinic elastosis.
Dermal elastosis, cysts and comedones.
UV protection
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Leeuwis-Fedorovich NE, Starink M, van der Wal AC. Multifocal squamous cell carcinoma arising in a Favre-Racouchot lesion - report of two cases and review of the literature.
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