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Contact urticaria artefacta (witchcraft‐syndrome
Author(s) -
Bandmann H.J.,
Wahl B.
Publication year - 1982
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.1600-0536.1982.tb04172.x
Subject(s) - daughter , contact urticaria , dermatology , medicine , contact dermatitis , salon , allergy , art , immunology , art history , biology , evolutionary biology
Several customers at a hairdressing salon developed urticaria‐like lesions of the skin after being served by the daughter of the owner. Patch tests and laboratory tests were negative. The patient used a chemical trick to deceive her family.