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Late‐onset hydroa vacciniforme: two case reports
Author(s) -
Wong SN.,
Tan S.H.,
Khoo S.W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04149.x
Subject(s) - photodermatosis , medicine , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , age of onset , early adulthood , pediatrics , young adult , surgery , pathology , gerontology , dna , genetics , disease , xeroderma pigmentosum , dna damage , biology
Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a rare blistering photodermatosis that heals with vacciniform scarring, with onset usually in childhood and spontaneous resolution by early adulthood. We report two cases of HV seen at the National Skin Centre, Singapore, both with a late onset at 20 years of age, during compulsory military service, and one with a less typical non‐vesicular presentation, that initially caused some diagnostic difficulties.