title: Incipient osteomalacia occurring in chronic actinic dermatitis.
abstract: Incipient osteomalacia developed in a Pakistani patient living in the UK after strict sunlight avoidance forming part of the management of the photosensitivity disorder, chronic actinic dermatitis. The patient's skin type and diet, which included calcium-binding phytates in chappattis, had increased his risk of the condition. Proximal muscle weakness and bony tenderness resulting from the disorder resolved on vitamin D replacement therapy.
authors.affiliation: St John's Institue of Dermatology, London, UK. roby@rakhit.freeserve.co.uk
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kapur
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Creamer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hawk
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006113:United Kingdom; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D