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Acute irritant contact dermatitis due to Juglans regia
Author(s) -
Neri Iria,
Bianchi Federica,
Giacomini Federica,
Patrizi Annalisa
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.0847h.x
Subject(s) - irritant contact dermatitis , juglone , dermatology , juglans , contact dermatitis , allergic contact dermatitis , medicine , flesh , cosmetics , traditional medicine , patch test , allergy , food science , chemistry , organic chemistry , immunology , pathology , biochemistry
Juglone is the active ingredient of the green flesh of walnuts and is known to be a strong irritant. We report the first two paediatric cases of contact pigmentation and acute irritant contact dermatitis due to the juice of green walnut husks in two young nursery‐school playmates.