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Lupoid Sycosis
Author(s) -
Srinivas C. R.,
Shenoy K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1987.tb02299.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , refractory (planetary science) , surgery , astrobiology , physics
Lupoid sycosis, a condition refractory to treatment, is probably a chronic scarring form of deep sycosis barbae. Reported here is successful treatment of two longstanding cases of lupoid sycosis using ultraviolet‐activated 8‐methoxypsoralen in combination with co‐trimoxazole.