title: Successful treatment of Dowling-Degos disease using intense pulsed light.
abstract: Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) is a rare inherited pigmentary disorder characterised by reticulate pigmentation at flexural sites. No treatment modality has yet been established as a definitive method for the effective elimination of lentigines in DDD. We present a case of a 24-year old woman with DDD treated successfully using intense pulsed light as a novel management strategy.
authors.affiliation: Adelaide Skin and Eye Centre, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Aakriti
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-1868
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Adelaide Skin and Eye Centre, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Shyamala C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Huilgol
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000628:therapy*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012873:Skin Diseases, Genetic / Q000628:therapy*; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents
keywords: Dowling-Degos