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Testosterone
Facial acne in a child: case reportA constitutionally tall boy developed facial acne while
receiving treatment with testosterone. The boy startedreceiving testosterone 250mg weekly at 12.1 years of age[route not stated]. At that time, his bone age corresponded to13.6 years, and his differential diagnosis was familial tallstature. He received testosterone for a total of 14 months,during which time he was compliant to treatment, andexperienced very mild facial acne [time to reaction onset andoutcome not stated].
Author comment: "The child was compliant to[testosterone] medication and the side effects experiencedwere very mild, mainly in the form of facial acne."Nasrat GH, et al. Medical intervention in a constitutionally tall child. BMJ CaseReports 2012: [3 pages], 12 Oct 2012. Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-006636 - Saudi Arabia 803086565
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