title: Successful treatment of Darier's disease with adapalene gel.
abstract: We report a 12-year-old Japanese boy with a 3-year history of skin lesions that had been unsuccessfully treated with topical steroids. We initiated two different topical treatments with adapalene gel 0.1% (Differin(®) Gel 0.1%) and high-concentration vitamin D3 (tacalcitol) ointment; the lesions treated with adapalene gel improved dramatically in the first 2 months, whereas the high-concentration vitamin D3 ointment resulted in little improvement. Topical adapalene gel 0.1% may be a promising choice as a topical treatment of Darier's disease because of its high efficiency and lack of adverse effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan. masaabe@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Chizuru
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000068816:Adapalene; D000287:Administration, Topical; D002648:Child; D007644:Darier Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D005782:Gels; D009281:Naphthalenes; D000068816:Adapalene