Acneiform eruption

Other names: Acne-like, acneform[1]
Acneiform eruption on male individuals's chest
Specialty| Dermatology
Symptoms| Small bumps resembling acne[1]

Acneiform eruptions, or acne mimicking eruptions, are a group of skin conditions characterized by small bumps resembling acne.[1] Typically, these bumps are mostly of similar size.[1] Some bumps may be bigger or contain fluid.[2] Generally, blackheads and whiteheads are absent.[2] It tends to appear suddenly, with the chest and back most frequently affected.[2]

Causes include cosmetics, the application of greasy products, and some medicines.[1] Repeated rubbing of skin and pressure are other triggers.[2]

Any age can be affected.[2]

## See also[edit | edit source]

* List of acneiform eruptions

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Plewig, Gerd; Melnik, Bodo; Chen, WenChieh (2019). "9 Acne mimicking diseases". Plewig and Kligman ́s Acne and Rosacea. Switzerland: Springer. p. 299-404. ISBN 978-3-319-49273-5. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nair, Pragya A.; Salazar, Francisco J. (2022). "Acneiform Eruptions". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

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Classification|

* MeSH: D017486

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External resources|

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Disorders of skin appendages

Nail|

* thickness: Onychogryphosis
* Onychauxis

* color: Beau's lines
* Yellow nail syndrome
* Leukonychia
* Azure lunula

* shape: Koilonychia
* Nail clubbing

* behavior: Onychotillomania
* Onychophagia

* other: Ingrown nail
* Anonychia

* ungrouped: Paronychia
* Acute
* Chronic
* Chevron nail
* Congenital onychodysplasia of the index fingers
* Green nails
* Half and half nails
* Hangnail
* Hapalonychia
* Hook nail
* Ingrown nail
* Lichen planus of the nails
* Longitudinal erythronychia
* Malalignment of the nail plate
* Median nail dystrophy
* Mees' lines
* Melanonychia
* Muehrcke's lines
* Nail–patella syndrome
* Onychoatrophy
* Onycholysis
* Onychomadesis
* Onychomatricoma
* Onychomycosis
* Onychophosis
* Onychoptosis defluvium
* Onychorrhexis
* Onychoschizia
* Platonychia
* Pincer nails
* Plummer's nail
* Psoriatic nails
* Pterygium inversum unguis
* Pterygium unguis
* Purpura of the nail bed
* Racquet nail
* Red lunulae
* Shell nail syndrome
* Splinter hemorrhage
* Spotted lunulae
* Staining of the nail plate
* Stippled nails
* Subungual hematoma
* Terry's nails
* Twenty-nail dystrophy

Hair|

| Hair loss/
Baldness|

* noncicatricial alopecia: Alopecia
* areata
* totalis
* universalis
* Ophiasis

* Androgenic alopecia (male-pattern baldness)
* Hypotrichosis
* Telogen effluvium
* Traction alopecia
* Lichen planopilaris
* Trichorrhexis nodosa
* Alopecia neoplastica
* Anagen effluvium
* Alopecia mucinosa

* cicatricial alopecia: Pseudopelade of Brocq
* Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
* Pressure alopecia
* Traumatic alopecia
* Tumor alopecia
* Hot comb alopecia
* Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens
* Graham-Little syndrome
* Folliculitis decalvans

* ungrouped: Triangular alopecia
* Frontal fibrosing alopecia
* Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis

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Hypertrichosis|

* Hirsutism
* Acquired
* localised
* generalised
* patterned
* Congenital
* generalised
* localised
* X-linked
* Prepubertal

Acneiform
eruption|

| Acne|

* Acne vulgaris
* Acne conglobata
* Acne miliaris necrotica
* Tropical acne
* Infantile acne/Neonatal acne
* Excoriated acne
* Acne fulminans
* Acne medicamentosa (e.g., steroid acne)
* Halogen acne
* Iododerma
* Bromoderma
* Chloracne
* Oil acne
* Tar acne
* Acne cosmetica
* Occupational acne
* Acne aestivalis
* Acne keloidalis nuchae
* Acne mechanica
* Acne with facial edema
* Pomade acne
* Acne necrotica
* Blackhead
* Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei

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Rosacea|

* Perioral dermatitis
* Granulomatous perioral dermatitis
* Phymatous rosacea
* Rhinophyma
* Blepharophyma
* Gnathophyma
* Metophyma
* Otophyma
* Papulopustular rosacea
* Lupoid rosacea
* Erythrotelangiectatic rosacea
* Glandular rosacea
* Gram-negative rosacea
* Steroid rosacea
* Ocular rosacea
* Persistent edema of rosacea
* Rosacea conglobata
* variants
* Periorificial dermatitis
* Pyoderma faciale

Ungrouped|

* Granulomatous facial dermatitis
* Idiopathic facial aseptic granuloma
* Periorbital dermatitis
* SAPHO syndrome

Follicular cysts|

* "Sebaceous cyst"
* Epidermoid cyst
* Trichilemmal cyst
* Steatocystoma
* simplex
* multiplex
* Milia

Inflammation|

* Folliculitis
* Folliculitis nares perforans
* Tufted folliculitis
* Pseudofolliculitis barbae

* Hidradenitis
* Hidradenitis suppurativa
* Recurrent palmoplantar hidradenitis
* Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis

Ungrouped|

* Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex
* Acroosteolysis
* Bubble hair deformity
* Disseminate and recurrent infundibulofolliculitis
* Erosive pustular dermatitis of the scalp
* Erythromelanosis follicularis faciei et colli
* Hair casts
* Hair follicle nevus
* Intermittent hair–follicle dystrophy
* Keratosis pilaris atropicans
* Kinking hair
* Koenen's tumor
* Lichen planopilaris
* Lichen spinulosus
* Loose anagen syndrome
* Menkes kinky hair syndrome
* Monilethrix
* Parakeratosis pustulosa
* Pili (Pili annulati
* Pili bifurcati
* Pili multigemini
* Pili pseudoannulati
* Pili torti)
* Pityriasis amiantacea
* Plica neuropathica
* Poliosis
* Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome
* Setleis syndrome
* Traumatic anserine folliculosis
* Trichomegaly
* Trichomycosis axillaris
* Trichorrhexis (Trichorrhexis invaginata
* Trichorrhexis nodosa)
* Trichostasis spinulosa
* Uncombable hair syndrome
* Wooly hair nevus

Sweat
glands|

| Eccrine|

* Miliaria
* Colloid milium
* Miliaria crystalline
* Miliaria profunda
* Miliaria pustulosa
* Miliaria rubra
* Occlusion miliaria
* Postmiliarial hypohidrosis
* Granulosis rubra nasi
* Ross’ syndrome
* Anhidrosis
* Hyperhidrosis
* Generalized
* Gustatory
* Palmoplantar

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Apocrine|

* Body odor
* Chromhidrosis
* Fox–Fordyce disease

Sebaceous|

* Sebaceous hyperplasia

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