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Narrowband UVB treatment of pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis (Gougerot–Blum)
Author(s) -
Kocaturk Emek,
Kavala Mukaddes,
Zindanci Ilkin,
Zemheri Ebru,
Sarigul Sukran,
Sudogan Sibel
Publication year - 2009
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.1600-0781.2009.00398.x
Subject(s) - dermatology , clearance , medicine , purpura (gastropod) , ecology , urology , biology
Summary Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are a group of dermatoses characterized clinically by pinpoint petechia and purpura on a brown, red or yellow base. Five diseases are included in the group of pigmented purpuric eruptions which significantly overlap clinically and histologically. Phototherapy in various forms of purpuric dermatoses has been reported in literature previously. Here we present a case of pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis which rapidly cleared with narrowband UVB therapy.