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A prospective study of acute-onset steroid acne associated with administration of intravenous corticosteroids.
Steroid acne (SA) may occur after the administration of topical or systemic corticosteroids. Because of several consultations of spinal injury patients with a very abrupt onset of a uniform papular eruption (i.e. days) initially misdiagnosed as a drug reaction or sepsis, we followed hospitalized patients who received intravenous corticosteroids (IVC) for the development of acute-onset SA in order to determine its incidence. Fifty-one consecutive subjects receiving IVC were followed for the duration of their hospital stay and examined for the development of acneiform lesions. Acute-onset SA occurred in 1 subject (2%). Acute spinal cord injury may represent a high-risk clinical setting for acute-onset SA.
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