Letters to the Editor
27 February 2025
Vol. 17 No. 3 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2025.10272

Real-life effectiveness of narrowband UVB phototherapy for pityriasis lichenoides

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Pityriasis lichenoides, phototherapy, narrowband UVB
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Rachele Bardelli
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2005-321X
Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona; Dermatology Unit, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy.
Francesco Bellinato
francesco.bellinato@univr.it
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6163-6921
Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Italy.
Andrea Carugno
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8231-2205
Dermatology Unit, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Nicola Zerbinati
Dermatology Unit, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese; Department of Medicine and Innovation Technology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Paolo Gisondi
Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Italy.
Giampiero Girolomoni
Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Italy.

Dear Editor,

Pityriasis lichenoides (PL) is an inflammatory skin disease of unknown etiology. The clinical spectrum of pityriasis lichenoides encompasses febrile ulcer-necrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (FUMHD), pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), and pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC). Phototherapy is an effective and well-tolerated modality that is often successful for persistent PL or resistant to topical treatments. [...]

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Real-life effectiveness of narrowband UVB phototherapy for pityriasis lichenoides. (2025). Dermatology Reports, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2025.10272
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