TY - JOUR
T1 - Photosensitivity due to isotretinoin
T2 - a possible allergic mechanism
AU - Amichai, Boaz
AU - Grunwald, Marcelo H.
AU - Livni, Ella
AU - Halevy, Sima
PY - 1993/3
Y1 - 1993/3
N2 - Photosensitivity is listed as a side effect to isotretinoin, but reports in the literature are contradictory. Only a few cases of photosensitivity, phototoxicity and photoallergy, have been reported. We describe herein a case of a photosensitivity due to isotretinoin. The possible role of an allergic mechanism in this reaction has been suggested by a positive mast‐cell degranulation (MCD) test toward the drug.
AB - Photosensitivity is listed as a side effect to isotretinoin, but reports in the literature are contradictory. Only a few cases of photosensitivity, phototoxicity and photoallergy, have been reported. We describe herein a case of a photosensitivity due to isotretinoin. The possible role of an allergic mechanism in this reaction has been suggested by a positive mast‐cell degranulation (MCD) test toward the drug.
KW - Isotretinoin
KW - Mast‐cell degranulation (MCD) text
KW - Photosensitivity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0027175828&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1993.tb00006.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1993.tb00006.x
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
AN - SCOPUS:0027175828
SN - 0926-9959
VL - 2
SP - 27
EP - 30
JO - Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
JF - Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
IS - 1
ER -