Abstract
Although Pityriasis versicolor PV well responds to medical therapy recurrence is a common problem and management of recurrent and chronic PV is a challange sotretinoin cis retinoic acid is a vitamin A derivative decreases sebaceous gland size and sebum production up to Although the efficiency of isotretinoin is well known in acne and acne related disorders literature regarding its use in PV is scarce We present here a year old man succesfully treated and achieved long term remission with oral isotretinoin therapy who was suffering from diffuse recurrent PV for nearly years We believe that low dose and short term isotretinoin may be a good therapeutic option for recurrent and chronic PV
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