Two Cases of Mercury Exanthem.
- Author:
Duck Hyun KIM
;
Hyung Il KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Systemic contact dermatitis;
Mercury exanthem;
Mercury inhalation
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Dermatitis, Contact;
Dyspnea;
Erythema;
Exanthema*;
Extremities;
Humans;
Inhalation;
Male;
Mercury Compounds;
Patch Tests;
Thermometers;
Thigh
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1987;25(2):240-244
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
We herein report two cases of systemic contact dermatitis probably due to inhalation of mercury. The first case is a 13 year-old boy who developed generalized erythema and dyspnea following the use of a coin-bleaching solution of unknown ingredient in his room. And the second case is a 10 year-old boy who developed generalized scarlatiniform eruptions on his trunk and flexural aspect of his extremities after hreaking a clinical thermometer. The typical clinical feature, the inverted triangular shaped erythema on flexural aspect of inner thigh, were appeared in both patients. On patch testing, they showed positive reactions to mercury and other mercury compounds.
