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Acne fulminans (also referred as acute febrile ulcerating acne conglobata with polyarthralgia and leukemoid reaction, or acne maligna) is a serious disease of sudden onset, associated with systemic symptoms and abnormal laboratory findings [1]. The term acne fulminans was coined by Plewig and Kligman in 1975 in order to describe acute febrile ulcerative acne conglobata with polyarthralgia and is considered a very uncommon complication of acne [2, 3].
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Katsambas, A.D., Dessinioti, C., Cunliffe, W.J. (2014). Clinical Aspects of Acne Fulminans. In: Zouboulis, C., Katsambas, A., Kligman, A. (eds) Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acne and Rosacea. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69375-8_29
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