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Article: Tolerance to calcitriol and tacalcitol in three patients with allergic contact dermatitis to calcipotriol.(CASE REPORTS)
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- Journal of Drugs in Dermatology
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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Abstract
We describe 3 cases of psoriatic patients who developed a severe eczematous eruption after the use of calcipotriol ointment. For all of them, the dermatitis recovered after the suspension of the calcipotriol ointment and topical application of corticosteroids. We performed patch tests with the standard series of SIDAPA (Italian Society of Environmental, Occupational and Allergological Dermatology), with an integrative series of vehicles and preservatives, with the commercial ointment containing calcipotriol, with its excipients and, finally, with a series of diluted calcipotriol in isopropanol and petrolatum. They all revealed a strong allergic reaction ...