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Erythema multiforme‐like eruption localized to a sun‐exposed area
Author(s) -
Akarsu Sevgi,
İlknur Turna,
Fetil Emel,
Lebe Banu,
Güneş Ali Tahsin
Publication year - 2010
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.1600-0781.2010.00491.x
Subject(s) - erythema multiforme , dermatology , erythema , medicine , differential diagnosis , drug eruption , pathology , drug , psychiatry
We report on a 35‐year‐old woman with cutaneous lesions characterized by an erythema multiforme‐like appearance localized in the photo‐distributed pattern. She had no history of systemic drug ingestion, herpes simplex virus or any other infection, possible causes of erythema multiforme, before the sun exposure. She had normal tolerance to a phototest, but photoprovocation tests could not be performed because she did not agree to them. This case was diagnosed to be an erythema multiforme‐like variant of a polymorphous light eruption; the differential diagnosis of target‐like lesions in a photo‐distributed pattern is discussed.