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- Title
Patch testing in discoid eczema.
- Authors
Fleming, Colin; Parry, Eileen; Forsyth, Angela; Kemmett, Danny
- Abstract
We report a retrospective study of patch testing in patients with discoid eczema, 48 patients with persistent or severe discoid eczema were patch tested. The mean age of patient was 45 years and the median duration of symptoms was 6 months, 24 patients (50%) had positive patch tests, and 16 of these (33%) were considered to be clinically relevant. The most common allergens implicated were rubber chemicals formaldehyde neomycin, chrome, nickel (5,2,2,2,2,2 reactions, respectively). 13 of 16 patients were followed up by telephone in 1996, and 8/13 (61%) stated they had benefited from patch testing. This study suggests allergic contact dermatitis is relatively common in persistent discoid eczema, and allergen avoidance may be of benefit. We recommend patch testing should be considered for all patients with severe of persistent discoid eczema.
- Subjects
ECZEMA; CONTACT dermatitis; RUBBER chemicals; PATIENTS; DERMATOLOGISTS; SKIN inflammation
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 1997, Vol 36, Issue 5, p261
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00214.x