PHENOFIBRATE-INDUCED LICHENOID PHOTODERMATITIS

Authors
GARDEAZABAL J GONZALEZ M IZU R GIL N AGUIRRE A DIAZPEREZ JL
Citation
J. Gardeazabal et al., PHENOFIBRATE-INDUCED LICHENOID PHOTODERMATITIS, Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine, 9(4), 1993, pp. 156-158
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09054383
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
156 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0905-4383(1993)9:4<156:PLP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Phenofibrate is an hypolipemiant drug derived from fibric acid. Cutane ous side effects such as pruritus, rash, urticarial lesions and some r are cases of photosensitivity have been described (1-3). The reported photosensitivity cases are clinically described as eczematous (1-3); s ome have been reproduced by photopatch-testing (2, 3). We studied a pa tient with a clinical and histopathological lichenoid eruption over li ght-exposed areas clearly related to phenofibrate therapy for an essen tial hypercholesterolemia.