title: Acute irritant contact dermatitis due to Juglans regia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Specialistic and Experimental Clinical Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. iria.neri@tin.it
authors.forename: Iria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giacomini
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patrizi
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D031324:Juglans / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D009285:Naphthoquinones; C005134:juglone