[Apheresis in dermatologic diseases].

This report discusses the different types of apheresis used to treat skin diseases and focuses specifically on photopheresis or ECP (extracorporeal photochemotherapy). ECP is a systemic immunomodulatory therapy used successfully to treat many different, mainly autoimmune diseases such as cutaneous T-cell lymphomas, graft-versus-host disease, systemic sclerosis, atopic dermatitis, and pemphigus vulgaris. It has also proved effective against graft rejection after transplant.