Solid facial edema in a patient with rosacea

J Dermatol. 2000 Mar;27(3):214-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02152.x.

Abstract

We report a 53-year old man with symmetrical nonpitting edema, conjunctivitis, and acneiform eruptions on the face. Histopathological examination showed perifollicular lymphohistiocytic infiltration and telangiectasias in the upper dermis. Loosely aggregated non-caseating granulomas were scattered through the dermis; some of them were seen in the perifollicular regions. The patient was treated with fleroxacin (100 mg/day, orally) for two weeks with a marked reduction of both solid facial edema and periorbital edema.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Edema / drug therapy
  • Edema / etiology*
  • Edema / pathology
  • Facial Dermatoses / drug therapy
  • Facial Dermatoses / etiology*
  • Facial Dermatoses / pathology
  • Fleroxacin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rosacea / complications*
  • Rosacea / drug therapy
  • Rosacea / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fleroxacin