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Exacerbation of Darier disease by lithium carbonate.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20338123     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
INTRODUCTION: Darier disease (DD) and Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD) are rare autosomal dominantly inherited genodermatoses with mutations in the respective genes, ATP2A2 and ATP2C1, that encode the respective calcium adenosine triphosphatases SERCA2 and PMRI/SPCA1. Lithium is an effective therapy used in psychiatry as prophylaxis against recurrent mania and to treat acute schizoaffective, impulsive, and alcoholic disorders. METHODS: We discuss a patient with DD who claimed that her skin condition had flared after she was administered lithium therapy for bipolar disorder. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: DD may flare after lithium therapy, an association that has rarely been reported. Not uncommonly, DD has been observed to coexist with affective disorders, with reports of the bipolar disorder susceptibility locus cosegregating with a separate DD gene. A mechanism by which lithium worsens disease has recently been studied in rats. DD's coexistence with affective disorders and the mechanisms by which lithium may cause exacerbation of DD and HHD are reviewed.
Authors:
Jennifer Ngo; Richard Haber
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1203-4754     ISO Abbreviation:  J Cutan Med Surg     Publication Date:    2010 Mar-Apr
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-26     Completed Date:  2010-05-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9614685     Medline TA:  J Cutan Med Surg     Country:  Canada    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  80-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine and Division of Dermatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. jtvngo@ucalgary.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Antimanic Agents / adverse effects*,  therapeutic use
Bipolar Disorder / drug therapy,  epidemiology
Comorbidity
Darier Disease / chemically induced*,  epidemiology,  pathology
Female
Humans
Lithium Carbonate / adverse effects*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antimanic Agents; 554-13-2/Lithium Carbonate

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