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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 230-232 |
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Erythema multiforme following application of hair dye
Sankha Koley1, Jyotirindranath Sarkar1, Sanjiv Choudhary2, Suparna Dhara1, Manoj Choudhury3
1 Department of Dermatology, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Dermatology, J.N.M.C. Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Pathology, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Sankha Koley
Subhankar Sarani, Bankura - 722 101, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.96209
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Erythema multiforme (EM) is an acute mucocutaneous hypersensitivity reaction with varying degrees of blistering and ulceration. Common causes of EM are herpes simplex virus infection, mycoplasma infection, drug hypersensitivity, vaccination and drug-virus interaction. EM induced by contact dermatitis is rare. Paraphenylene diamine, a common ingredient in many hair dyes, is well known to produce allergic contact dermatitis. We report a 35-year-old lady presenting with EM following severe contact dermatitis to hair dye. So far as we know, this is the first report from India describing EM following contact dermatitis. |
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