title: Launois-Bensaude syndrome and Bureau-Barrière syndrome in a psoriatic patient: successful treatment with carbamazepine.
abstract: Authors report a 41-year-old male patient with multiple symmetric lipomatosis, who also had psoriasis. In addition he suffered from peripheral neuropathy, acro-osteolysis and malum perforans pedis fulfilling the criteria of Bureau-Barrière syndrome. Considering the severe peripheral neuropathy and the preliminary report on the efficacy of carbamazepine in psoriasis, a carbamazepine monotherapy was initiated for both indications. The psoriatic skin symptoms cleared within 6 weeks. The patient has continued this medication for 8 months without side effects. During that time his skin remained symptom free and the neuropathy has improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermato-Venereology, Semmelweis Medical University, 1085 Budapest, Maria u. 41, Hungary. preisz@bor.sote.hu
authors.forename: Klaudia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Preisz
authors.forename: Sarolta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kárpati
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Horváth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008069:Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D002220:Carbamazepine