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Eczematous dermatitis in relation to carbon ligamentoplasty
Author(s) -
PIBOUIN M.,
PJACOMY L.,
GOURAUDDURAND B.,
LANCIEN G.,
CHEVRANTBRETON J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1989.tb02582.x
Subject(s) - medicine , carbon fibers , dermatology , patch testing , contact dermatitis , materials science , allergy , immunology , composite material , composite number
Summary Carbon biomedical devices are widely used in prosthetic surgery; their biocompatibility is excellent and cutaneous or mucosal adverse effects of carbon material remain exceptional. We describe a patient who developed an eczematous dermatitis on the right knee in the vicinity of a ligamentoplasty performed 2 months earlier. Patch testing with the carbon ligament was positive. Although the scattering of carbon material in the surrounding tissues is well known, cutaneous complications have, to our knowledge, never been reported.