Adult Photosensitivity Disorders
As part of our commitment to resident education, Cutis is excited to offer this monthly section with board-relevant, easy-to-review material.
This month’s fact sheet aims to review important disorders in the adult population in which photosensitivity is a major feature. It will review pathophysiology, clinical features, management/prognosis, and other pearls.
Review the PDF of the fact sheet on adult photosensitivity disorders with board-relevant, easy-to-review material. This month's fact sheet will review important disorders in the adult population where photosensitivity is a major feature.
Practice Questions
1. A 50-year-old woman with a history of alcoholism and new-onset diarrhea developed a painful, scaly, erythematous, and hyperpigmented eruption on the photoexposed areas on the chest and hands. A similar presentation can occur in patients on which medications?
,a. azathioprine
b. fluorouracil
c. pyrazinamide
d. A and C only
e. all of the above
