A Case Report of Adult Acne
Acne vulgaris is among the commonest inflammatory skin diseases affecting pilosebaceous units. It occurs mainly in puberty and affects adolescents at the age of 14-19 years both females and males, in relation to sebum production of hair follicles under the action of sex hormones. Clinically the dise...
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| author | Ivelina Yordanova Desislava Tsvetanova Diana Strateva Pavlina Yordanova-Laleva Dimitar Gospodinov |
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| description | Acne vulgaris is among the commonest inflammatory skin diseases affecting pilosebaceous units. It occurs mainly in puberty and affects adolescents at the age of 14-19 years both females and males, in relation to sebum production of hair follicles under the action of sex hormones. Clinically the disease is presented with comedones, papules, pustules, nodules and scars in some cases. Seborrheic areas face, chest and back are affected. Recent epidemiologic studies have shown significant number of female patients aged over 25 years with acne and the term Adult onset acne (AOA)was established.The latter is manifested clinically in the lower third of the face. Primary etiological cause of AOAisahormonal imbalance, mainly hyperandrogenemia. Acase ofa25-year-old woman with adult acne and elevated levels of testosterone and prolactine is presented in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1a058d40a3f34ff4b735dda8851ecc6e2025-07-26T07:33:43ZengMedical University - PlevenJournal of Biomedical & Clinical Research1313-90532016-12-019215415810.1515/jbcr-2016-002434442A Case Report of Adult AcneIvelina YordanovaDesislava TsvetanovaDiana StratevaPavlina Yordanova-LalevaDimitar GospodinovAcne vulgaris is among the commonest inflammatory skin diseases affecting pilosebaceous units. It occurs mainly in puberty and affects adolescents at the age of 14-19 years both females and males, in relation to sebum production of hair follicles under the action of sex hormones. Clinically the disease is presented with comedones, papules, pustules, nodules and scars in some cases. Seborrheic areas face, chest and back are affected. Recent epidemiologic studies have shown significant number of female patients aged over 25 years with acne and the term Adult onset acne (AOA)was established.The latter is manifested clinically in the lower third of the face. Primary etiological cause of AOAisahormonal imbalance, mainly hyperandrogenemia. Acase ofa25-year-old woman with adult acne and elevated levels of testosterone and prolactine is presented in this paper.https://jbcr.arphahub.com/article/34442/download/pdf/acne vulgarisadult onset acnehyperandrogenemia |
| spellingShingle | Ivelina Yordanova Desislava Tsvetanova Diana Strateva Pavlina Yordanova-Laleva Dimitar Gospodinov A Case Report of Adult Acne Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research acne vulgaris adult onset acne hyperandrogenemia |
| title | A Case Report of Adult Acne |
| title_full | A Case Report of Adult Acne |
| title_fullStr | A Case Report of Adult Acne |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case Report of Adult Acne |
| title_short | A Case Report of Adult Acne |
| title_sort | case report of adult acne |
| topic | acne vulgaris adult onset acne hyperandrogenemia |
| url | https://jbcr.arphahub.com/article/34442/download/pdf/ |
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