title: [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.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008730:Methoxsalen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D010915:Pityriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D008730:Methoxsalen
vernacular_title: Pityriasis lichenoides chronica--eine neue Indikation zur PUVA-Therapie?