Parthenium dermatitis manifesting clinically as polymorphic light eruption and prurigo nodularis- like lesions with vasculitis-like picture on histopathology

Parthenium dermatitis manifesting clinically as polymorphic light eruption and prurigo nodularis- like lesions with vasculitis-like picture on histopathology

Parthenium dermatitis is a widespread and distressing dermatoses in rural and urban India caused by the air borne allergen of the Compositae weed Parthenium hysterophorus. Parthenium dermatitis has been thought to be mediated solely by type IV hypersensitivity, but recently a combined immediate (typ...

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Main Authors: Chembolli Lakshmi, C R Srinivas, Suma B Pillai, S Shanthakumari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Dermatology Online Journal
Subjects:
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
parthenium dermatitis
patch test
polymorphic light eruption
prurigo nodularis
Online Access:http://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2011;volume=2;issue=2;spage=97;epage=100;aulast=Lakshmi

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