EH75

Photosensitivity due to drug

Fotossensibilidade devida a droga

Category

Definition

A photosensitive skin reaction to a medicament, most commonly a phototoxic reaction to a systemically administered drug, although photoallergy to drugs may rarely occur.

Index Terms

Photosensitivity due to drugPhotoallergic drug reactionDrug photoallergic responsePhototoxic drug reactionDrug phototoxic responseDrug-induced photo-onycholysismedicament-induced photo-onycholysis