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How do you clinically distinguish between cutaneous lupus with photosensitivity and polymorphic light eruption-like reactions?

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Dermatology · Feinberg School of Medicine

Polymorphous light eruption (PMLE) typically occurs at the onset of Spring or Summer when patients have been exposed to light for the first time that season. Because patients' faces are usually not covered up, even in the winter (in non-COVID times), they usually continue to get sun on their faces. ...

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