[Pityriasis lichenoides chronica--a new indication for PUVA therapy? (author's transl)].

Abstract

2 patients with long-standing and wide-spread pityriasis lichenoides chronica were treated with orally administered 8-methyoxypsoralen and UVA irradiation (PUVA therapy). After 15--21 PUVA treatments the patients were completely cleared. 3 and 4 weeks after the initial PUVA treatment, phase recurrences occurred in both patients. In 1 patient the lesions appeared clinically and histologically as pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta.

• Authors: C Hofmann, I Weissmann, G Plewig
• Journal: Dermatologica (Dermatologica) Vol. 159 Issue 6 Pg. 451-60 ( 1979) ISSN: 0011-9075 [Print] Switzerland
• Vernacular Title: Pityriasis lichenoides chronica--eine neue Indikation zur PUVA-Therapie?
• PMID: 510649 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Methoxsalen

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Adult
• Chronic Disease
• Drug Evaluation
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Methoxsalen (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Photochemotherapy
• Pityriasis (drug therapy, pathology)
• Skin (pathology)