Favre-Racouchot Syndrome (Nodular Elastosis With Cysts and Comedones): Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

l'élasteïdose cutanée nodulaire à kystes et à comédons, nodular cutaneous elastoidosis with cysts and comedones, senile comedones, solar comedones, smoker's comedones

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Robert P Feinstein, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Robert P Feinstein, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society, and Phi Beta Kappa
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James W Patterson, MD, Director of Dermatopathology, Professor of Pathology and Dermatology, Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, University of Virginia Medical Center
James W Patterson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society of Dermatopathology, Medical Society of Virginia, Royal Society of Medicine, Society for Investigative Dermatology, and United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
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David F Butler, MD, Professor of Dermatology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine; Chair, Department of Dermatology, Director, Dermatology Residency Training Program, Scott and White Clinic
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Edward F Chan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Catherine Quirk, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Brown University
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William D James, MD, Paul R Gross Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Vice-Chair, Program Director, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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