Recognition and Diagnosis of Light Sensitivity in AD

Photosensitive atopic dermatitis (PhAD) is a rather controversial disease entity, as currently there is no agreement whether this is a distinct entity, or a variant of chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD).This is due to the overlapping clinical and photobiologic findings in PhAD and CAD.Evaluation of AD patients with photosensitivity and the management will be discussed