title: Jellyfish Envenomation Presenting with Delayed Identical Cutaneous Lesions in a Mother and Child.
abstract: Jellyfish envenomation can present with local cutaneous lesions both immediate and delayed. While the immediate reaction is toxin mediated, an immune mechanism is responsible for the delayed eruptions. This is a report of a mother and child who developed identical papular lesions in a bizarre, linear distribution after coming in contact with jellyfish almost simultaneously while on holiday. Histology showed focal basal cell degeneration along with peri-vascular and peri-appendageal lympho-mononuclear infiltrate. Both patients responded well to topical tacrolimus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, KPC Medical College and Hospital, 1F, Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, KPC Medical College and Hospital, 1F, Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sujata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengupta
keywords: Basal cell degeneration; delayed cutaneous lesions; jellyfish envenomation; papules