Management of Darier's disease

Abstract

Darier's disease is an uncommon inherited cutaneous disease which is difficult to manage, especially in adolescence. The warty keratotic papules irritate, smell and look unsightly. Histologically, the condition is characterized by the presence of focal acantholytic dyskeratosis. Treatment is unsatisfactory, particularly in patients with erosive flexural disease, but retinoids reduce the hyperkeratosis. Now the mutation causing Darier's disease has been identified, there is a real possibility of more effective treatment in the future.