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Photo‐Onycholysis Caused by an Unusual Beach Game Activity: A Pediatric Case of a Side Effect Caused by Doxycycline
Author(s) -
Pazzaglia Massimiliano,
Venturi Michela,
Tosti Antonella
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12223
Subject(s) - onycholysis , doxycycline , medicine , dermatology , paronychia , antibiotics , chemistry , biochemistry
Photo‐onycholysis caused by doxycycline has rarely been reported in children. We present the case of a boy who loved to play pinball while at the beach, holding tightly to the machine. He developed a photo‐onycholysis predominantly on his thumbs while he was being treated with 20 mg/day of doxycycline, a low dose but enough to trigger the photoreaction.
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