Annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma associated to late-onset X-linked dominant protoporphyria.

X-linked dominant protoporphyria (XLDPP) is a genetic disorder that affects the synthesis of the heme group due to an increase in delta-aminolaevulinate synthase 2 (ALAS2) enzyme activity. Moreover, annular elastolytic giant-cell granuloma (AEGCG) is a rare reactive granulomatous dermatosis, usually associated with actinic damage. An 86-year-old man presented with edematous-erythematous lesions in photoexposed areas of the face and on the dorsum of both hands.

Photosensitivity induced by naproxen.

We present two cases of systemic photosensitivity due to naproxen that presented as photodistributed erythema multiforme (EM) and lichenoid photodermatitis (LP). Although naproxen is a commonly used nonsteroidal antinflammatory drug and has the capacity of causing systemic photosensitivity, there are very few reports about it in the literature. The diagnosis was suspected by the recent ingestion of the drug and the photodistribution of the lesions.

Systemic photosensitivity due to Goji berries.

Systemic photosensitivity due to the intake of plants or herbal compounds is a rare phenomenon. Goji berries are widely used as a well-being and anti-aging remedy. In spite of this, only a few adverse reactions and no cases of photosensitivity have been reported to date.

Erythema multiforme photoinduced by statins.

We report two cases of systemic photosensitivity induced by simvastatin and pravastatin that presented as photodistributed erythema multiforme. One of them occurred in a 75-year-old woman who had been suffering recurrent eruptions following sun exposures over a period of 12 years. The other patient was a 54-year-old man who had a 1-week history of pruritic lesions on the face and the hands.

Systemic photosensitivity due to a contraceptive patch.

Hormonal contraceptives are a known but rarely reported cause of photosensitivity. A 35-year-old female developed several episodes of a prurigionous papulovesicular eruption located on sun-exposed areas that resolved without scarring in days. She had been using a transdermal contraceptive (EVRA: norelgestromin and ethinyloestradiol) for 3 years, and once it was stopped, the patient became asymptomatic.