Hypercalcaemia with topical calcipotriol.

Generalised pustular psoriasis: response to topical calcipotriol.

Sorafenib-asssociated hand-foot syndrome treated with topical calcipotriol

INTRODUCTION Sorafenib is a multitargeted potent antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Sorafenib has antiproliferative and antineoplastic effects in addition to antiangiogenic effects. According to research, the use of sorafenib is effective in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. However, sorafenib has several side effects including hand-foot skin reaction, alopecia, and Ste...

Successful Treatment of Alopecia Areata with Topical Calcipotriol

Alopecia areata (AA) is an inflammatory hair loss of unknown etiology. AA is chronic and relapsing, and no effective cure or preventive treatment has been established. Vitamin D was recently reported to be important in cutaneous immune modulation as well as calcium regulation and bone metabolism. It is well known that areata is common clinical finding in patients with vitamin D deficiency, vita...

Bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma: safe and effective topical treatment with calcipotriol ointment in a child.

Sir, Bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (BCIE), or epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (MIM# 113.800), is a rare disorder of keratinization associated with blistering in its early phase. It was first described by Jean-Louis Brocq in 1902 as érythrodermie congénitale ichthyosiforme avec hyperépidermotrophie. Although most cases are sporadic, familial cases show an autosomal dominant pattern ...

No additional effect of topical calcipotriol on narrow-band UVB phototherapy in patients with generalized vitiligo.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE There is no definite cure for vitiligo; however, treatment responses with photobiological modalities are quite acceptable. Of all these, narrow-band UVB phototherapy was proposed rather recently. Calcipotriol has been shown to have stimulating activity on melanogenesis besides immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects. This study was performed to determine whether adding...