Minimal spinal hyperostosis with low-dose isotretinoin therapy

R. F. Kilcoyne, Ray Cope, William Cunningham, Francis A. Nardella, Susan Denman, Thomas J. Franz, Jon Hanifin

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Abstract

Skeletal abnormalities have been reported on numerous occasions in patients who have received high doses of vitamin A and its derivatives. Recently, a new derivative, isotretinoin (Accutane, Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.), has become available for the treatment of cystic acne. Ninety-six patients treated for a minimum of four months with low doses of this drug at two University centers have shown overall good to excellent clinical responses. However, ten of these patients have developed small pointed excrescences on the anterior margins of cervical, thoracic, or lumbar vertebral bodies. The findings are of unknown clinical significance but show some similarities to the spinal findings in DISH syndrome. Follow-up studies will be obtained, but, at the present time, the drug still can be recommended for patients who have severe cystic acne because of the excellent clinical response.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)41-44
Number of pages4
JournalInvestigative Radiology
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1986

Keywords

  • Acne
  • DISH
  • Hyperostosis
  • Retinoids
  • Spine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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