Red Sea Coral Contact Dermatitis
Authors:
L. Drlík 1; K. Ettler 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Dermatovenerologické oddělení, Šumperská nemocnice, a. s.
přednosta prim. MUDr. Lubomír Drlík
1; Klinika nemocí kožních a pohlavních FN UK Hradec Králové
přednosta doc. MUDr. Karel Ettler, CSc.
2
Published in:
Čes-slov Derm, 86, 2011, No. 4, p. 194-196
Category:
Case Reports
Overview
The authors describe two cases of intensively itching lichenoid dermatitis developed after an injury caused by a sea coral while diving in the Red Sea. The rash reacted to topical steroid and antihistamine treatment. In the first case a partial improvement occurred within two weeks, in the other patient dermatological lesions persisted for more than a month. The article gives an overview of skin lesions caused by the sea corals and their therapy.
Key words:
sea coral – skin reactions – therapy
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