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Chris Ha, MD

Diagnosis

phototoxic reaction burn, sun

Body Site

hand

Age

79 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

sun exposed areas

Comments

A 79 year old woman, who was diagnosed with Lyme disease and started on doxycycline, developed a severe sun burn after working in the garden. She was not warned to use sun screen or avoid sun exposure.

Description

photodistributed red crusted plaques

Categories

photosensitivity, photoexacerbated reactive erythema

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8/4/2001 14:31:59

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