Grover's disease successfully treated with calcipotriene/betamethasone dipropionate ointment

Abstract

Grover's disease (GD) is a self-limiting skin disorder characterized by multiple pruritic papules or vesicles on the trunk and extremities. 1 Histologically, it shows focal acanthosis and dyskeratosis in the epidermis. 1 Topical corticosteroids are useful in a limited number of patients. 2 In addition, the efficacy of vitamin D analog, calcipotriol ointment, was reported in a few cases. 3,4 Here, we report a case of GD, successfully treated with a calcipotriene/betamethasone dipropionate (Cal/BD) ointment, although neither the use of topical corti