title: Severe burn on 81% of body surface after sun tanning.
abstract: We report herein the case of a 42-year-old woman who presented to the Burns Unit with 81% of her body surface severely burned following sun bathing, after applying fig leaf tea as a tanning agent. The patient was hospitalized for 13 days in a Burns Intensive Care Unit, and was discharged for an ambulatory follow-up. The treatment of such burns does not differ from any conventional treatment for heat- induced second-degree burns. The physiopathology of the phytophotodermatitis induced by such homemade tanning solutions rich in psoralen is discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: UNIFESO School of Medicine, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. drmarcossforza@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sforza
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andjelkov
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaccheddu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D030681:Ficus / Q000737:chemistry; D005363:Ficusin / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000009:adverse effects; D055108:Sunbathing / Q000293:injuries*; D013471:Sunburn / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D005363:Ficusin