A Case of Actinic Reticuloid.
10.5021/ad.1999.11.4.240
- Author:
Ki Ho KIM
;
Sung Moon JUNG
;
Min Soo LEE
;
Jung Ho YOON
;
Jai Il YOUN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Actinic reticuloid;
Pseudolymphoma;
Cross-photosensitivity
- MeSH:
Actins*;
Aged;
Dermatitis, Photoallergic;
Eczema;
Humans;
Hypersensitivity;
Light;
Lymphocytes;
Male;
Mycosis Fungoides;
Photosensitivity Disorders;
Pseudolymphoma;
Skin;
Skin Diseases
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1999;11(4):240-243
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Actinic reticuloid as a manifestation of chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD) is a rare dermatosis whose clinical and histologic features resemble other types of pseudolymphomas including mycosis fungoides and Jessner's lymphocytic infiltration, and it is regarded as an eventual stage of various photodermatoses like photosensitive eczema or persistent light reaction or chronic photoallergic contact dermatitis and so on. Phototests in the patients with actinic reticuloid usually reveal hypersensitivity to UVB, UVA, and sometimes to visible light. We present a case of actinic reticuloid in a 65-year-old male, whose skin lesions developed as erythematous lichenified infiltrating plaques on the face at first, and then spread themselves onto the upper trunk later. Histologically those skin lesions showed the aggregation of atypical lymphocytes and photobiologically the results of phototests revealed photosensitivity to UVB and UVA.
