Skin burned by contact with flagstones made of cement.
Chemical burns account for few admissions to burns units. A well-known but rare cause is wet cement. We present a case where a man had a full-thickness skin burn after contact with flagstones made of cement.
Tindholdt
Tyge T
TT
Department of Plastic Surgery, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway. tyge.tindholdt@rikshospitalet.no
Danielsen
Tor E
TE
Abyholm
Frank E
FE
D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010087:Oxides / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*; D016038:Skin Transplantation
D017610:Calcium Compounds; D010087:Oxides; C016538:lime