Delayed skin reaction caused by a coelenterate.
We report a delayed skin reaction, histologically characterized by liquefaction degeneration of the basal layer, which was observed in a 30-year-old man returning from Guadeloupe. It was most likely due to contact with a marine animal.
Frenk
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University Department of Dermatology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mancarella
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Vion
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000276:immunology*; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D037401:Scyphozoa / Q000276:immunology