Contact dermatitis complicating pinnaplasty.
Proflavine allergy is uncommon, occurring in approximately 6% of patients attending contact dermatitis clinics. Proflavine wool is used by many surgeons in the UK as a dressing that can be moulded to conform to the contours of a corrected prominent ear. It may have bacteriostatic properties. We present a case where contact dermatitis in response to proflavine developed after pinnaplasty. This caused diagnostic confusion, a lengthened hospital stay and an unsightly hypertrophic scar.
St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Court Road, Broomfield, Essex CM1 7RT, UK.
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D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017453:Dermatitis, Irritant / Q000209:etiology*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011370:Proflavine / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D011370:Proflavine