title: The case of the red lingerie - chromhidrosis revisited.
abstract: Chromhidrosis or the production of coloured sweat is a rare clinical finding. A 26-year-old female presented with marked pink staining of her uniform and lingerie. Extractions of clothing, skin surface samples, eccrine sebum, urine and a fast food product were spectrophotometrically analysed to identify the pink staining pigment. Three water-soluble colouring agents have been identified. An eccrine route of excretion probably produced chromhidrosis. An overview is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cilliers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Beer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003020:Clothing; D004439:Eccrine Glands / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013542:Sweat / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013546:Sweating / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005505:Food Coloring Agents