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. 2023 Nov-Dec;40(6):1064-1067.
doi: 10.1111/pde.15420. Epub 2023 Sep 5.

Treatment of aseptic facial granuloma as a manifestation of pediatric rosacea with oral macrolides

Daniela Lenders  1 , Max Matthias Lenders  1 , Manuel Jäger  2 , Martin Schaller  1
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Treatment of aseptic facial granuloma as a manifestation of pediatric rosacea with oral macrolides

Daniela Lenders et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 2023 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Aseptic facial granuloma is a rare pediatric disease, presenting with asymptomatic facial nodules on the cheeks or the eyelids and may represent a form of granulomatous rosacea in children. In this retrospective case series, 12 children with aseptic facial granuloma were treated with oral macrolides (erythromycin or roxithromycin) resulting in a healing of the lesions within a mean treatment time of 5.25 months with no recurrences. The treatment was mainly well tolerated. Oral macrolides may be effective in the treatment of patients with aseptic facial granuloma.

Keywords: aseptic facial granuloma; erythromycin; macrolides; rosacea; roxithromycin.

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