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Exacerbation of presumed chronic actinic dermatitis by cockpit visible light in an airline pilot with atopic eczema.

Yones SS, Palmer RA, Hextall JM, Hawk JL

Photobiology Unit, St. John's Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. sami.yones@kcl.ac.uk

Chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD) is a persistent ultraviolet radiation- or visible light-induced eczema of predominantly the exposed areas of usually elderly people. We now present the case of a young pilot with atopic eczema who developed CAD, regularly exacerbated by exposure to visible light through his aircraft cockpit window.

Published 12 May 2005 in Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed, 21(3): 152-3.
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