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Case Reports
. 1980;269(1):87-91.
doi: 10.1007/BF00404462.

PUVA-treatment for solar urticaria and persistent light reaction

E Hölzle, C Hofmann, G Plewig
Case Reports

PUVA-treatment for solar urticaria and persistent light reaction

E Hölzle et al. Arch Dermatol Res. 1980.

Abstract

A technique is described to successfully treat patients with extreme sensitivity to UV electromagnetic wave lengths with photochemotherapy. Representative data from a patient with solar urticaria and two patients with persistent light reaction are given. Prior to treatment the threshold doses for UV-C, UV-B, and UV-A were determined. Photochemotherapy was performed with standard 8-methoxypsoralen-UV-A (PUVA) schedules. Initial treatments were very difficult because of the extreme UV-sensitivity in all patients. Once pigmentation was induced, PUVA-treatments were easy to perform. All patients became almost free of symptoms and were able, for the first time in years, to resume normal outdoor activities. Remission was long-lasting. Photochemotherapy is offered as a new effective means to alleviate the symptoms of disabling photodermatoses.

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