A Hard-to-Heal Cutaneous Ulcer: An Exuberant Case of Allergic Contact Dermatitis to L-Mesitran® Tulle | Zendy

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A Hard-to-Heal Cutaneous Ulcer: An Exuberant Case of Allergic Contact Dermatitis to L-Mesitran® Tulle

Author(s) -

Joana Calvão,

Ricardo dos Santos Batista,

Margarida Gonçalo

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of the portuguese society of dermatology and venereology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2182-2409

pISSN - 2182-2395

DOI - 10.29021/spdv.78.1.1149

Subject(s) - lanolin , hypoallergenic , medicine , dermatology , allergic contact dermatitis , allergy , allergen , chemistry , organic chemistry , immunology

L-Mesitran Tulle® is a popular non-adherent polyethylene dressing impregnated with the patented L-Mesitran Soft gel that contains Medilan™, which is said to be a “hypoallergenic lanolin”. Lanolin is a well know sensitizer and the prevalence of contact allergy to lanolin alcohols varies from 0.6% - 6.9%. We report the case of a patient who develop eczema around the leg ulcer while using L-Mesitran Tulle® as a wound dressing, highlighting that even this “high purity medical grade of lanolin” (Medilan™) contained in L-Mesitran Tulle® can cause an allergic contact dermatitis.

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