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Cesare Massone, MD; Elisabeth Aberer, MD; Alexandra Maria Giovanna Brunasso, MD; Lorenzo Cerroni, MD
Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria (Drs Massone, Aberer, Brunasso, and Cerroni), and Prato Hospital, Prato, Italy (Dr Brunasso)

Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(6):795-800.

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A 41-year-old Turkish woman who was referred to the dermatology department at the Medical University of Graz (Austria) had bullous skin lesions that were located on both arms and that had arisen 48 hours after a skin prick test for common food and airborne allergens (Figure 1). She stated that during the first 30 minutes after needle inoculation no cutaneous signs were observed and that a negative finding for the skin prick test report was made. However, within the next 24 hours, progressively enlarging and painful bullous lesions appeared in the same areas as the skin prick test. Physical examination showed multiple bullous lesions on both arms, almost 1 cm in diameter, surrounded by erythema, as well as few pustules on her face and painful ulcers on her tongue and genital area (Figure . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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