Severe facial dermatitis as a late complication of aesthetic rhinoplasty; a case report.
BACKGROUND
Contact dermatitis, as a cutaneous complication after rhinoplasty, is of early onset, limited and transient. The cause of this dermatitis is irritant or allergic. Late onset skin complications are rare and non-inflammatory.


METHODS
We are reporting an unexpected, severe allergic contact dermatitis of the face, in a young female, appearing one month following aesthetic rhinoplasty. She failed to respond to ordinary treatments for dermatitis. We did standard battery--including nitrofurazone, tincture of benzoin and hydrocortisone--patch test for the patient that showed sensitivity to benzoin and corticosteroid.


CONCLUSIONS
In summary we report a case of a severe allergic contact dermatitis of the face, in a 21-year-old girl who underwent corrective aesthetic rhinoplasty, appearing one month following surgical operation. We were unable to find a similar report in the medical literature.
Rajabian
Mohammad Hossain
MH
Department of Plastic Surgery Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. rajabim@sums.ac.ir
Sodaify
Manoochehr
M
Aghaei
Shahin
S
D000328:Adult; D001573:Benzoin / Q000009:adverse effects; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D013256:Steroids / Q000009:adverse effects
D013256:Steroids; D001573:Benzoin