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Juvenile Spring Eruption: A Report of Two Cases
Author(s) -
Dogru Salim,
Gungor Atila,
Cekin Engin,
Cincik Hakan,
Alga Omer Hilmi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/01.mlg.0000224340.29059.59
Subject(s) - juvenile , spring (device) , outbreak , sun exposure , photodermatosis , medicine , demography , dermatology , biology , ecology , physics , pathology , dna , genetics , xeroderma pigmentosum , dna damage , sociology , thermodynamics
Juvenile spring eruption is a photodermatosis characterized by the development of papules and vesicles on the light‐exposed helix of the ears after sun exposure, usually in the springtime. It mainly affects boys and young male adults, and has a tendency to occur in the form of small epidemics. We report an outbreak in a group of soldiers who were performing military exercises during cold and sunny weather during a midwinter season. The clinicopathologic features and laboratory test results are described in two of these cases.