Fast Facts for Board Review

Adult Photosensitivity Disorders

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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 adult population in which photosensitivity is a major feature. It will review pathophysiology, clinical features, management/prognosis, and other pearls.


 

Review the PDF of the fact sheet on adult photosensitivity disorders with board-relevant, easy-to-review material. This month's fact sheet will review important disorders in the adult population where photosensitivity is a major feature.

Practice Questions

1. A 50-year-old woman with a history of alcoholism and new-onset diarrhea developed a painful, scaly, erythematous, and hyperpigmented eruption on the photoexposed areas on the chest and hands. A similar presentation can occur in patients on which medications?

a. azathioprine

b. fluorouracil

c. pyrazinamide

d. A and C only

e. all of the above

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