Pediatric Photosensitivity Disorders
July 19, 2016|Cutis
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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 pediatric population where photosensitivity is a major feature. It will review pathophysiology, clinical features, management/prognosis, and other pearls.
2. Which of the following is an inappropriate treatment for a young Mexican girl with cheilitis and treatment-resistant chronic pruritic crusted papules and scars on both sun-exposed and nonexposed sites?
a. oral isotretinoin
b. oral prednisone
,c. oral thalidomide
d. topical calcineurin inhibitors
e. topical corticosteroids
