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Patch testing in skin of color: A brief report
Author(s) -
Tamazian Shant,
Oboite Michelle,
Treat James R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.14578
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , patch testing , erythema , gold standard (test) , skin lesion , skin color , contact dermatitis , artificial intelligence , allergy , radiology , computer science , immunology
It is critical that dermatology training prepares physicians to recognize cutaneous changes in skin of color populations. Patch testing is the gold standard for identifying triggers of contact dermatitis and can be challenging to interpret in skin of color given the need to see erythema, particularly for a 1 + positive interpretation. Given the paucity of clinical images of skin of color in the literature, we provide images of two pediatric patients presenting with positive patch tests to demonstrate an approach to the clinical interpretation of patch testing in patients with more melanin in the skin.