Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Aug 2013)

Extensive hydroa vacciniforme

  • Hiram Larangeira de Almeida Jr,
  • Janaína Kopp,
  • Valeria Magalhães Jorge,
  • Debora Sarzi Sartori,
  • Carolina Dahmer Velloso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20131867
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 88, no. 4
pp. 620 – 622

Abstract

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Hydroa Vaciniforme is a very rare photodermatosis that is mainly seen in childhood. An 18 year old female student reported that since the age of 5 she has been suffering necrotic lesions and vesicles lesions in exposed areas, leaving asymptomatic varioliform scars, which worsened in summer. Light microscopy showed epidermal necrosis with lymphocytic infiltration . Sunscreens were prescribed with light improvement.

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