Allergic contact dermatitis to Plectranthus amboinicus masquerading as chronic leg ulcer

Shyue Luen Chang; Ya Ching Chang; Chin Hsun Yang; Hong Shang Hong

doi:10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0592f.x

Allergic contact dermatitis to Plectranthus amboinicus masquerading as chronic leg ulcer

Shyue Luen Chang^*, Ya Ching Chang, Chin Hsun Yang, Hong Shang Hong

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

This report discusses a case of a 69-year-old woman who developed chronic non-healing leg ulcers after long-term topical use of Plectranthus amboinicus. The ulcer was proven to be allergic contact dermatitis to P. amboinicus by a patch test. The ulcer healed after discontinuation of P. amboinicus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of allergic contact dermatitis to P. amboinicus masquerading as chronic leg ulcer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	356-357
Number of pages	2
Journal	Contact Dermatitis
Volume	53
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0592f.x
State	Published - 12 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis
Herbal medicine
Leg ulcer, patch test
Phytodermatitis
Plectranthus amboinicus

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