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Article: Case number 2 A hardworking woman "stuck" with an erythematous rash.(case report of epoxy resin contact dermatitis)
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- Cortlandt Forum
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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A 29-year-old woman complained of a pruritic rash that had appeared a month ago. Erythematous, irregularly shaped plaques were seen on her forehead, forearms, chest (see page 59), abdomen, and ankles. No pustules, vesicles, scale, or crust was present. There were no other significant nail, skin, scalp, or oral findings. Symptoms, which were worse with heat and sweat, improved on weekends and during vacation periods. Triamcinolone cream 1% and calamine lotion had yielded minimal benefit.
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Epoxy resin contact dermatitis
Our patient had contact dermatitis caused by epoxy resin. In her job at an automobile factory, she had ...