Acute irritant contact dermatitis due to Juglans regia.
Juglone is the active ingredient of the green flesh of walnuts and is known to be a strong irritant. We report the first two paediatric cases of contact pigmentation and acute irritant contact dermatitis due to the juice of green walnut husks in two young nursery-school playmates.
Neri
Iria
I
Department of Specialistic and Experimental Clinical Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. iria.neri@tin.it
Bianchi
Federica
F
Giacomini
Federica
F
Patrizi
Annalisa
A
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D031324:Juglans / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000009:adverse effects*
D009285:Naphthoquinones; C005134:juglone