Trigeminal trophic syndrome--a report of three patients.
Three Japanese patients with trigeminal trophic syndrome, a rare dermatosis in Japan, were reported. Cutaneous lesions were a long-standing ulcer and destruction of the right ala nasi in case 1, a persistent deep ulceration on the forehead after a small trauma in case 2, and development of small, discrete ulcers on the right forehead during the treatment of a postherpetic neuralgia in case 3. A protective device was very effective in one patient.
Tada
J
J
Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Ueda
M
M
Abe
Y
Y
Fujiwara
H
H
Arakawa
K
K
Arata
J
J
D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose; D013577:Syndrome; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000473:pathology*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology