| Acute allergic contact dermatitis due to para-phenylenediamine after temporary henna painting. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 14684936 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
The use of temporary natural henna painting for body adornment and hair dyeing is very common in several countries of the Indian subcontinent, Middle East, and North Africa, and the fad is spreading in other parts of the world. Several cases of para-phenylenediamine (PPD) contaminated, temporary traditional/natural henna induced sensitization and acute allergic reaction have been reported, along with occasional serious long term and rare fatal consequences. We report here a 17-year-old girl with blisters over her hands of five-days duration that appeared within 72 hours of applying a temporary henna paint to her hands during a social occasion. Similar lesions were noted on her face. She had previously applied black henna only once, a year earlier without developing any lesions. Clinical diagnosis of acute allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) was made. After a short course of oral corticosteroids, topical mometasone furaote 1.0% cream, and oral antihistamines, the lesions healed completely over the next four weeks leaving post-inflammatory hypopigmentation. Patch testing done with standard European battery, PPD 1% in petrolatum, and commercially available natural henna powder revealed a 3+ reaction to PPD at 48 hours. No reaction was seen at the natural henna site. Awareness of the condition among physicians and the public and regulation regarding warnings of the risks of using such products is urgently warranted. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Al-Mutairi Nawaf; Arun Joshi; Osama Nour-Eldin |
Related Documents
:
|
21881566 - Specifying the neurobiological basis of human attachment: brain, hormones, and behavior... 7825006 - Control randomized study of rehydration/rehydration with dioctahedral smectite in ambul... 12399976 - A novel infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line with mll-af5q31 fusion transcript. 22982276 - Discrimination and ordinal judgments of temporal durations at 3 months. 844976 - Primary elective cesarean section in ibadan, nigeria. 7894876 - Confinement of winter birth excess in schizophrenia to the urban-born and its gender sp... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: The Journal of dermatology Volume: 30 ISSN: 0385-2407 ISO Abbreviation: J. Dermatol. Publication Date: 2003 Nov |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2003-12-19 Completed Date: 2004-01-15 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 7600545 Medline TA: J Dermatol Country: Japan |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 797-800 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Dermatology, Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Allergens / adverse effects* Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / diagnosis*, etiology, pathology Diagnosis, Differential Facial Dermatoses / chemically induced, diagnosis*, pathology Female Hand Dermatoses / chemically induced, diagnosis*, pathology Humans Naphthoquinones / adverse effects* Patch Tests Phenylenediamines / adverse effects* |
| Chemical | |
Reg. No./Substance:
|
0/Allergens; 0/Naphthoquinones; 0/Phenylenediamines; 106-50-3/4-phenylenediamine; 83-72-7/lawsone |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Ultraviolet-B phototherapy is successful in Japanese patients with early-stage mycosis fungoides.
Next Document: Iatrogenic hypercalcemia due to vitamin D3 ointment (1,24(OH)2D3) combined with thiazide diuretics i...