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Carsten Sauer Mikkelsen, Luit Penninga, Gudjon Leifur Gunnarsson and Therese Beate Abusland – Eruptive sebaceous hyperplasia: An
uncommon side effect of systemic corticosteroid use in a renal transplant patient
recipients. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported
case of eruptive sebaceous hyperplasia secondary to the use
of prednisone. This case brings awareness to the unique side
effect of prednisone inducing sebaceous hyperplasia.
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Fig. 1. Multiple umbilicated papules on the forehead of the patient 25
years after renal transplantation.
(Fig. 1). He was treated with locally retinoid and CO 2 laser
coagulation with 0.8 Watt defocused.
C onclusion
Eruptive sebaceous hyperplasia is a well-described dermatolo­
gical disorder, common in immunsuppressed organ transplant
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