Phototoxic dermatitis due to Chenopodium album in a child

Serap G Bilgili; Necmettin Akdeniz; Sinan Akbayram; Abdullah Ceylan; Ömer Çalka; Kamuran Karaman

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01381.x

Phototoxic dermatitis due to Chenopodium album in a child

Pediatr Dermatol. 2011 Nov-Dec;28(6):674-676. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01381.x. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

Authors

Serap G Bilgili¹, Necmettin Akdeniz², Sinan Akbayram³, Abdullah Ceylan³, Ömer Çalka², Kamuran Karaman³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Ipekyolu State Hospital, Van, Turkey.
² Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey.

PMID: 21854411
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01381.x

Abstract

In this article, we report a 2-year-old girl with severe phototoxic dermatitis caused by ingestion of Chenopodium album. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of phototoxic dermatitis due to Chenopodium album in childhood.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antithrombin III / therapeutic use
Chenopodium album / adverse effects*
Child, Preschool
Clarithromycin / therapeutic use
Collagenases / therapeutic use
Dermatitis, Phototoxic / diagnosis
Dermatitis, Phototoxic / drug therapy
Dermatitis, Phototoxic / etiology*
Dermatologic Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Fusidic Acid / therapeutic use
Humans
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Dermatologic Agents
Fusidic Acid
Antithrombin III
Prednisolone
Collagenases
Clarithromycin