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Lupus‐like phototriggering in a young woman with benign summer light eruption
Author(s) -
Marguery M.C.,
Lamant L.,
Bayle P.,
Journé F.,
Bazex J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
photodermatology, photoimmunology and photomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.736
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1600-0781
pISSN - 0905-4383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2005.00135.x
Subject(s) - systemic lupus erythematosus , dermatology , geology , medicine , pathology , disease
We report the case of a young woman with a single history of benign summer light eruption (BSLE) who developed delayed onset annular lupus‐like lesions triggered by a polychromatic phototest, 6 weeks after the irradiation. BSLE of French authors is an idiopathic photodermatosis that corresponds to the minor form of polymorphic light eruption (PLE) of Anglo‐Saxon authors. This patient may develop a true lupus erythematosus in the future as indicated by this lupus‐like phototriggering and in view of the high prevalence of PLE in lupus patients.