[The successful monotherapy of hypereosinophilic dermatitis with PUVA-bath photochemotherapy].
A 70-year-old woman with long-standing hypereosinophilic dermatitis improved strikingly with PUVA-bath photochemotherapy. The single UVA doses ranged from 0.3 to 3.3 J/cm2. After 19 treatment sessions pruritus disappeared, and after 32 treatments the erythematous maculae completely cleared. Under continuous treatment three times a week, no relapse has occurred to date. PUVA-bath photochemotherapy seems to be a promising new treatment modality without systemic side effects for patients with hypereosinophilic dermatitis.
Eberlein
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Dermatologische Klinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
von Kobyletzki
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Gruss
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Dirschka
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Kerscher
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Altmeyer
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P
D000368:Aged; D001494:Baths; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D012074:Remission Induction; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
Erfolgreiche Monotherapie der hypereosinophile Dermatitis mit PUVA-Bad-Photochemotherapie.