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Successful treatment of generalized childhood Schamberg's disease with narrowband ultraviolet B therapy
Author(s) -
Can Burce,
Turkoglu Zafer,
Kavala Mukaddes,
Zindancι Ilkin,
Kural Esra
Publication year - 2011
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.1600-0781.2011.00588.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , ultraviolet b , disease , ultraviolet therapy , narrowband , ultraviolet b radiation , ultraviolet radiation , psoriasis , telecommunications , chemistry , computer science , radiochemistry
Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are a group of dermatoses characterized by petechia and hyperpigmented macules that occur predominantly on the lower extremities. Although it is most commonly seen in adults, this disease can also affect children. Phototherapy has been shown to be effective in some cases in the literature. Here, we present two cases of Schamberg's disease that improved rapidly with narrowband ultraviolet B (UVB) therapy. To our knowledge, they were the first pediatric cases of successful narrowband UVB therapy in this disease.