Conjunctivitis and pterygium associated with the American Indian type of polymorphous light eruption.
We describe three patients with the American Indian type of polymorphous light eruption (actinic prurigo), two Cree Indian sisters and a Cree Indian boy, who had eye symptoms similar to those seen in limbal-type vernal catarrh.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000150:complications*; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D011625:Pterygium / Q000150:complications*
D004205:Cromolyn Sodium; D006854:Hydrocortisone