What’s New in Photodermatology ?

Polymorphous Light Eruption (PMLE):

-appearance more papular in darker skin

-PML patients are more resistant to UV-induced immunosuppression. Explains the “Hardening Concept”: desentisization treatment with UV light: enables immunotolerance

Voriconazole (antifungal): has been shown to induce developement of erythema, lentigenes, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma

Vemurafenib (BRAF inhibitor used for the treatment of metastatic melanoma): 15-30% of patients develop SCC and Keratoacanthoma (ras mutation induction). After phototesting, it is shown that the UV light implicates is UVA (UVB effect is suppressed)

Source of information: Lim H. Advances on Photodermatology. 2012 (02) – 20th Regional Conference of Dermatology (RCD) – Manila, Phillipines

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