title: Prominent pruritic periumbilical papules: allergic contact dermatitis to nickel.
abstract: We report a case series of 38 children with suspected allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) to nickel who presented with prominent subumbilical and periumbilical papules and a generalized, lichenoid papular dermatitis resembling an id reaction. We speculated that this was an ACD to nickel and performed patch tests in 9 (24%) of these patients. All 9 (100%) patients had positive patch test results for nickel, thus confirming the diagnosis.
authors: Section of Dermatology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Missouri 64108, USA. vsharma@cmh.edu
authors: Vidya
authors: V
authors: Sharma
authors: Deborah J
authors: DJ
authors: Beyer
authors: Shalini
authors: S
authors: Paruthi
authors: Amy Jo
authors: AJ
authors: Nopper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009532:Nickel / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D009532:Nickel