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Diagnosis of sports‐related dermatoses
Author(s) -
Metelitsa Andrei,
Barankin Benjamin,
Lin Andrew N.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02101.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , medicine , division (mathematics) , dermatology , computer science , arithmetic , mathematics
A wide variety of dermatoses are associated with participa-tion in specific athletic activities. These dermatoses can resultfrom mechanical injuries, exposure to environmental factorsand infectious agents, contact dermatitis to sports equipment,and other factors. Proper diagnosis requires familiarity withtheir characteristic clinical presentations, which are some-times bizarre and perplexing. For example, swimmers candevelop greenish discoloration of the hair, caused by pro-longed exposure to copper-based algicides in swimmingpools. Tennis players may develop talon noir, which presentsas a small black macule on the heel that resembles acral-lentiginous melanoma, but is in fact caused by bleeding intothe thick stratum corneum of the heel. Unless one recognizesthese features and enquires about participation in specificsports, these disorders can be difficult to diagnose. In thisarticle, we review clinical features of various dermatoses thathave been associated with participation in specific sports. Swimming and other aquatic sports (Table 1)