TY - JOUR
T1 - False "highlighting" with Wood's lamp
AU - Silverberg, Jonathan I.
AU - Silverberg, Nanette B.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Wood's lamp evaluation is used to diagnose pigmentary disorders. For example, vitiligio typically demonstrates lesional enhancement under Wood's lamp evaluation. Numerous false positive enhancing lesions can be noted in the skin. We describe a 5-year-old Hispanic boy who had painted his face with highlighter, producing enhancing lesions under Wood's lamp. Physicians who use Wood's lamp should be aware that the appearance of markers and highlighter can mimic that of true clinical illnesses.
AB - Wood's lamp evaluation is used to diagnose pigmentary disorders. For example, vitiligio typically demonstrates lesional enhancement under Wood's lamp evaluation. Numerous false positive enhancing lesions can be noted in the skin. We describe a 5-year-old Hispanic boy who had painted his face with highlighter, producing enhancing lesions under Wood's lamp. Physicians who use Wood's lamp should be aware that the appearance of markers and highlighter can mimic that of true clinical illnesses.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84891884426
U2 - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01787.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01787.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22747772
AN - SCOPUS:84891884426
SN - 0736-8046
VL - 31
SP - 109
EP - 110
JO - Pediatric Dermatology
JF - Pediatric Dermatology
IS - 1
ER -