Contact dermatitis from chrysanthemums in India.
32 patients (24 male, 8 female) with contact dermatitis from Chrysanthemum morifolium are reported. 24 (75%) patients gave a history of seasonal variation and 16 (50%) of photoaggravation and/or photosensitivity. Exposure to chrysanthemums was occupational in 18 and recreational in 12. The common clinical presentations were hand and face dermatitis in 13 (41%) and airborne contact dermatitis in 10 (31%) patients. All 32 patients demonstrated positive patch tests to ethanolic extracts of the flowers, 30 to the leaves, 28 to the whole plant, and only 6 to the stems, in that order of intensity.
Sharma
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Department of Dermatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Tanwar
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Kaur
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010328:Patch Tests; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000009:adverse effects; D010944:Plants
D010936:Plant Extracts