Cutaneous photosensitivity-lethal colitis syndrome

Cutaneous photosensitivity-lethal colitis syndrome

Definition

Cutaneous photosensitivity and lethal colitisis is a rare inflammatory bowel disease characterized by early cutaneous photosensitivity manifesting by sun-induced facial erythematous and vesicular lesions and severe recurent colitis which lead to untreatable diarrhea. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1991.

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