title: Erythema multiforme-like eruption localized to a sun-exposed area.
abstract: We report on a 35-year-old woman with cutaneous lesions characterized by an erythema multiforme-like appearance localized in the photo-distributed pattern. She had no history of systemic drug ingestion, herpes simplex virus or any other infection, possible causes of erythema multiforme, before the sun exposure. She had normal tolerance to a phototest, but photoprovocation tests could not be performed because she did not agree to them. This case was diagnosed to be an erythema multiforme-like variant of a polymorphous light eruption; the differential diagnosis of target-like lesions in a photo-distributed pattern is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. sevgi.akarsu@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Sevgi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akarsu
authors.forename: Turna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ilknur
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fetil
authors.forename: Banu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lebe
authors.forename: Ali Tahsin
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Güneş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*