Chronic hypervitaminosis a with skin changes
Hamann, K.; Avnstorp, C.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 33(10): 559-561
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 7152899 Document Number: 195330
A case of hypervitaminosis A in a 43-year-old woman is presented. The patient had only dermatologic symptoms. The dermatitis had resemblance to contact dermatitis or pellagra. The patient had been eating 100,000 I.U. of vitamin A daily every 2 months for approximately 15 months. The dermatitis disappeared slowly after stopping the intake of vitamin A.