title: Narrowband UVB treatment of pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis (Gougerot-Blum).
abstract: Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are a group of dermatoses characterized clinically by pinpoint petechia and purpura on a brown, red or yellow base. Five diseases are included in the group of pigmented purpuric eruptions which significantly overlap clinically and histologically. Phototherapy in various forms of purpuric dermatoses has been reported in literature previously. Here we present a case of pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis which rapidly cleared with narrowband UVB therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. emekozgur@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emek
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocaturk
authors.forename: Mukaddes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kavala
authors.forename: Ilkin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zindanci
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zemheri
authors.forename: Sukran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarigul
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sudogan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011693:Purpura / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays