title: Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne.
abstract: Erythema ab igne (EAI), also known as "toasted skin syndrome" or "heatinduced circumscribed dermal melanosis", presents with pigmented reticular skin lesions with telangiectasias due to prolonged thermal radiation exposure. This article describes a 16-year-old male patient with EAI due to the use of a thermal pillow, and discusses a potential causative agent of EAI. The potential hazards of misusing new technological equipment and the importance of consumer education are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Dermatology Muğla University Faculty of Medicine, Muğla, Turkey. enverturan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yeşilova
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uçmak
authors.forename: Özgür İlhan
authors.initials: Öİ
authors.lastname: Çelik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D046169:Dermoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006361:Heating / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck