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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

drug reaction phototoxic reaction

Body Site

neck

Age

11 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

Pattern

sun exposed areas

Comments

An 11 year old boy who was taking doxycyclinf ro Lyme disease forgot to wear his sunscreen when he went to the swimming pool on a sunny summer day. Later that night he developed painful erythema and edema in all sun exposed areas.

Description

symmetric erythema and edema

Categories

photosensitivity, photoexacerbated drug reaction

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12/25/2001 14:49:09

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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