A Case of Persistent Pityriasis Rosea Successfully Treated by a Short Course of Therapy with Abrocitinib

We report a 25-year-old female patient with a six-month history of red scaly rashes on the trunk and proximal limbs, accompanied by severe pruritus that has been remained ineffective conventional treatments. She was diagnosed as persistent pityriasis rosea. As abrocitinib has been proved to be effective for many inflammatory diseases, therefore in this case, we tried abrocitinib for the patient, and a good result had been achieved.PMID:38628635 | PMC:PMC11020286 | DOI:10.2147/CCID.S455060

Source: Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology - April 17, 2024 Category: Dermatology Authors: Hao Wu Qing-Jie Ji Yu-Yang Xu Jian-Wei Zhu Source Type: research