Successful Treatment to Dermatitis Papillaris Capilliti (Kaposi) with Kampo (Japanese Traditional Herbal Medicine) Formulations
Authors
Ichiro Kurokawa1, Tomoko Konishi1,2, Ayako Kakuno2 and Masaru Natsuaki3 1Department of Dermatology, Acne Clinical Research Center, Meiwa Hospital, Japan; 2Department of Pathology, Meiwa Hospital, Japan; 3Department of Dermatology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
We report a case of dermatitis papillaris capilliti (DPC) that was successfully treated with Kampo (Japanese traditional herbal medicine) formulations (Keigai-rengyo-to and Keishi-bukuryo-gan). A 38-year-old man presented with longstanding-therapy resistant papillomatous lesions on the occipital area and nape for 15 years. Diagnosis was made as DPC. He had also cystic acne. Histopathological findings revealed follicular hyperkeratosis in the infundibulum and fibrosis in the dermis. After Kampo formulations (Keigai-rengyo-to and Keishi-bukuryo-gan) were administered, inflamed and granulomatous lesions subsided remarkably. The successful treatment with these herbal formulations shows Kampo therapy can acts as an alternative treatment for DPC.
