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Complete Healing Associated With Oral Zinc Therapy

Berit Berne, MD; Per Venge, MD; Sven Öhman, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1985;121(8):1028-1030.

Abstract
• A 24-year-old man with a one-year history of perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (Hoffman) was treated with oral zinc sulfate. Complete healing was seen after three months and the treatment was continued for a total of six months. No relapse has occurred during a five-year follow-up. The mechanisms through which zinc therapy might influence inflammatory conditions are not fully understood.

(Arch Dermatol 1985;121:1028-1030)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Dermatology (Drs Berne and Öhman) and Clinical Chemistry (Dr Venge), University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 27, 1984.

Reprint requests to Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden (Dr Berne).

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