Prominent pruritic periumbilical papules: allergic contact dermatitis to nickel.
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.
Sharma
Vidya
V
Section of Dermatology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Missouri 64108, USA. vsharma@cmh.edu
Beyer
Deborah J
DJ
Paruthi
Shalini
S
Nopper
Amy Jo
AJ
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
D009532:Nickel