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Acné vulgar

Última revisión: 28 Feb 2025
Última actualización: 23 Jan 2025

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • lesiones cutáneas
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • sensibilidad en la piel
  • dolencias sistémicas
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Factores de riesgo

  • adolescencia o adultos jóvenes
  • predisposición genética
  • piel grasosa/aumento en la producción de sebo
  • uso de determinados fármacos
  • uso de terapia hormonal masculinizante
  • enfermedades del sistema endocrino
  • factores dietarios
  • sexo femenino
  • obesidad/resistencia a la insulina
  • exposición a hidrocarburos aromáticos halogenados
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • diagnóstico clínico
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • evaluación hormonal
  • cultivo bacteriano
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

En curso

acné leve: no embarazada

acné moderado a grave o acné resistente al tratamiento estándar: no embarazada

embarazadas

Colaboradores

Autores

Robert P. Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH

Professor of Dermatology and Public Health

University of Minnesota Dermatology Department

National Dermatology Program Director

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Minneapolis

MN

Divulgaciones

RPD has received editorial stipends (Journal of Medical Internet Research Dermatology (JMIR Dermatology)), royalties (UpToDate), and expenses reimbursement (Cochrane). RPD is an editor-in-chief of JMIR Dermatology, a joint coordinating editor for Cochrane Skin, a dermatology section editor for UpToDate, a social media editor for JAAD, and a coordinating editor representative on the Cochrane Council. He is a Cochrane Council Co-Chair, and serves as the National Dermatology Program Director for the US Department of Veteran Affairs.

Torunn E. Sivesind, MD

Dermatology Resident Physician

University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine

Aurora

CO

Divulgaciones

TES previously received fellowship funding from Pfizer and the National Institute of Health; TES previously served as an editorial board member-at-large for the Journal of Medical Internet Research Dermatology.

Agradecimientos

Professor Dellavalle and Dr Sivesind would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Madeline Adelman, Dr Romerio Rodriguez, Dr Sarah Shangraw, Dr Mark Naftanel, Dr Yolanda Rosi Helfrich, and Dr Amanda Howland, previous contributors to this topic. The authors would like to thank Dr John Barbieri for his review of the topic. JB has received consulting fees from Dexcel Pharma.

Divulgaciones

SS, MN, YRH, and AH declare that they have no competing interests. MA has received fellowship funding from the Pfizer Global Medical Grant, RR receives fellowship funding from the National Institute of Health.

Revisores por pares

Gina Taylor, MD

Resident

Department of Dermatology

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

New York

NY

Divulgaciones

GT declares that she has no competing interests.

Gillian Murphy, MD, FRCPI, FRCP, Edin

Consultant Dermatologist

Dermatology

Beaumont Hospital

Dublin

Ireland

Divulgaciones

Not disclosed.

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