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- Title
Allergic contact dermatitis caused by topical sirolimus used as an adjuvant for laser treatment of port wine stains.
- Authors
Greveling, Karin; Kunkeler, Amalia C. M.; Prens, Errol P.; van Doorn, Martijn B. A.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 32-year-old women who is treated for port wine stains (PWS) on her left flank with laser therapy followed by topical application of sirolimus on three separate areas. It mentions that after few treatments the patient developed mild dermatitis (erythema) at the sirolium application sites. It states that increasing interest of using topical sirolimus in treatment of PWS and angiofibromas must be according to risk of allergic contact dermatitis.
- Subjects
SKIN inflammation; RAPAMYCIN; CONTACT dermatitis; LASER surgery
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2016, Vol 75, Issue 3, p184
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cod.12589