Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from olive oil in a masseur☆,☆☆,★,★★
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CASE REPORT
A 47-year-old, male masseur, who had been working with massages for 16 years, came to us with a 1-year history of hand eczema on the distal, volar aspects of the index and middle fingers bilaterally. He had already experienced hand dermatitis 10 years before this event and, on that occasion, he had been through an extensive investigation, including patch tests. He was at that time found to be allergic to the perfume mix and the massage balm he was then using. When he was tested with components
DISCUSSION
At our department, we have introduced patch testing in serial dilutions in combination with systemic challenge of the hapten to get more extensive information on factors of significance for flare-up reactions.4, 5 The aim with serial dilution testing is not only to get several positive but also at least 1 negative patch test site at the primary testing, and it has been shown that, after systemic provocation, a flare-up at test dilution sites where no visible reaction was seen at the primary
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Systemically induced allergic contact dermatitis
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From the Department of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology Malmö University Hospital.
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Reprint requests to: Marléne Isaksson, MD, Department of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Malmö University Hospital, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected]
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