Abstract
ISOTRETINOIN INDUCED ALOPECIA – A CASE REPORT

*Dr. Anand Vardhan, Dr. C. Dinesh M. Naidu, Dr. Mangesh Bankar, Dr. Vinay Raghuvanshi, Dr. Sagar Sharma

ABSTRACT

A 23 year old unmarried female patient, resident of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands was admitted in the dermatology ward of ANIIMS on 13th September 2016 with the chief complaints of a bald patch over the frontal portion of head for about one month. Patient was a diagnosed case of Acne Vulgaris. The patient was advised to take Isotretinoin tablets 50 mg twice daily with Clindamycin 1% topical ointment and some dietary modifications on 4th August 2016. After a month of treatment initiation, patient noticed a patch of baldness over the frontal portion of head and she reported it to the Dermatology department. Tretinoin tablet was stopped and skin scrapings were taken for fungal examination which later came out to be negative, thyroid profile was within normal limits and blood counts were also normal thus excluding any sort of infection.

Keywords: Acne Vulgaris, Isotretinoin, Alopecia.


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