Title: Systemic contact dermatitis caused by inhaled cashew oil smoke.
Authors: Kadlubowska, Dorota; Bargman, Howard; Sasseville, Denis
Abstract: The article presents a case study of a 26-year old non-atopic woman with systemic contact dermatitis caused by the smoke of cashew oil inhaled during roasting of raw cashews. During the diagnosis it was discovered that a medical history of poison ivy in which urushiol, catechol compounds and phenol compounds also found in cashew oil led to the cross reaction to the Anacardiaceae genera.
Subjects: CONTACT dermatitis; CASHEW oil; SMOKE inhalation injuries; ANACARDIACEAE; POISON ivy
Publication: Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2016, Vol 75, Issue 4, p248
ISSN: 0105-1873
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12612

Systemic contact dermatitis caused by inhaled cashew oil smoke.

Kadlubowska, Dorota; Bargman, Howard; Sasseville, Denis