Dermatitis solaris (synonyms: erythema solare, erythema solaris, dermatitis photoelectrica) refers to sunburn and can be divided into the following forms according to ICD-10:
- Dermatitis solaris acuta 1st degree (ICD-10-GM version 2014 L55.0).
- Dermatitis solaris acuta 2nd degree (L55.1).
- Dermatitis solaris acuta 3rd degree (L55.2)
- Other dermatitis solaris acuta (L55.8).
- Dermatitis solaris acuta, unspecified (L55.9)
Sex ratio: balanced
Frequency peak: not specified
Course and prognosis: Sunburn presents as erythema (areal redness of the skin) caused by excessive UV-B irradiation. Within a few hours, sunburn can lead to acute complications such as blistering, edema (swelling), and elevated temperature. Symptoms usually appear within six hours of radiation exposure and peak after 12 to 24 hours. Sunburn usually heals after one to two weeks. It is a risk factor for skin aging and the development of precancerous skin lesions (actinic keratosis, a precancerous lesion; risk factor for squamous cell carcinoma) and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, basal cell carcinoma (BCC; basal cell carcinoma; 10 times more common than melanoma), melanoma).
