Chronic actinic prurigo presenting in an adopted child.
In diagnosing actinic prurigo (AP), the patients' ethnic background is very helpful as this condition is associated with very specific ethnic groups. We discuss a patient with an unknown family history who presented with a rash that initially seemed like lupus, but was subsequently diagnosed as AP upon further evaluations.
Kitamura
Gene
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Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA.
Tingey
Chad
C
Golkar
Linda
L
D000300:Adoption; D044466:Asian People; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D011536:Prurigo / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*