Photodynamic therapy lamp
A panel light source with LEDs of a specific wavelength (typically red or blue), designed to activate a photosensitizer previously applied to the skin.
How it is used
Used in photodynamic therapy to treat actinic keratoses, superficial basal cell carcinoma, and acne, activating topical aminolevulinic acid or methyl aminolevulinate.
Clinical tip
The photosensitizer incubation time before light exposure is critical and varies according to the indication and lesion thickness.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-05.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.