title: Successful treatment of chronic persistent vesicular hand dermatitis with topical pimecrolimus.
abstract: Hand dermatitis is a common chronic skin condition that has many clinical forms including contact, hyperkeratotic, frictional, nummular, atopic, pompholyx and chronic vesicular hand dermatitis. Topical steroids are the first line agents used. Here, we report the successful response to topical pimecrolimus 1% cream in a patient with steroid resistant chronic vesicular hand dermatitis.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. consultant@dermatologyclinics.net
authors.forename: Iqbal A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Bukhari
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: C117268:pimecrolimus; D016559:Tacrolimus