PUVA therapy
A study by Engels et al described four patients in whom open and closed comedones as well as inflammatory acne lesions occurred 3-4 weeks after Cobalt-60 therapy for a variety of malignancies. A previous history of acne was not a prerequisite for the development of Out of eighty patients treated with PUVA (psoralens and ultraviolet A) four developed perioral dermatitis, according to Nielson and Thormann, in two cases together with acneiform eruptions localized to the forehead.60 Jones and Bleehen reported one similar patient. The lesions tend to be a mixture of noninflamed and small inflamed lesions.