descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 2004 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Contact Dermatitis, volume 51, pages 231-234 (issn: 0105-1873, eissn: 1600-0536,

Authors: Nand Lal Sharma; Ramesh Chander Sharma; Vikram K Mahajan;

doi: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00400.x

pmid: 15606646

Parthenium dermatitis: is it a systemic contact dermatitis or an airborne contact dermatitis?

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Abstract

We describe here a Parthenium hysterophorus patch‐test‐positive patient with widespread dermatitis of non‐airborne contact dermatitis pattern, improving while staying in Shimla (a parthenium‐free area) and rapidly worsening while visiting his native place, where there was exuberant parthenium growth. After recovery, inhalation of fresh plant material from a polythene bag resulted in exacerbation of dermatitis and pruritus within 8–10 hr, without any respiratory symptoms. The possible pathomechanism of such a phenomenon is discussed.

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Indira Gandhi Medical College
India

Keywords

Adult, Male, Pruritus, Allergens, Asteraceae, Patch Tests, Bronchial Provocation Tests, Forced Expiratory Volume, Dermatitis, Allergic Contact, Respiratory Hypersensitivity, Humans, Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous

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