A Case of Granulomatous Rosacea

Don O'Mahony; Lech Banach

A Case of Granulomatous Rosacea

Don O'Mahony Family Physician - Private Practice
Lech Banach Walter Sisulu University

Keywords: Granulomatous Rosacea

Abstract

A 49-year-old housewife had complained of an itchy facial rash for four years. She denied using steroid creams and skin lighteners. On examination, dark grey papules were found on her face, with some coalescing into plaques (see Figures 1 and 2). A skin biopsy revealed many perifollicular non-caseating granulomas (see Figure 3). Periodic Acid-Schiff stains for fungi, Ziehl-Neelson stains for M tuberculosis, and Fite-Ferraco stains for M leprae were negative.

Author Biographies

Don O'Mahony, Family Physician - Private Practice

MB, BCh, DCH, DTM&H, DPH, DIP MID COG (SA), FRCGP Family Practitioner Bridge Street, Port St Johns

Lech Banach, Walter Sisulu University

MD PhD, MIAC Associate Professor Department of Pathology

Published

2009-11-22

Issue

Vol 52, No 2 - March/April 2010

Section

Case studies

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