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REPORT OF TWO CASES

MICHAEL G. ROSENBAUM, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1943;48(2):193-196.

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Persons whose professional work brings them in constant contact with petroleum suffer from dermatoses which do not differ essentially from those of paraffin workers who acquire the so-called vaselinoderma (Oppenheim¹). Petroleum also produces erythematopapular, as well as papulopustular, itching eruptions of the hands, forearms and thighs, the favorite localities of most occupational dermatoses. In the follicles of the involved parts, especially on the dorsa of the fingers, small hard kernels of horn, similar to the lesions of keratosis follicularis, are formed, or in cases of secondary infection a follicular acne develops. The effect is totally different if petroleum comes in contact (even on a single occasion) with the sensitive normally covered areas of the skin. On rare occasions there is bullous dermatitis. A search of the literature brought to light only the following reports of contact dermatitis due to petroleum:

1. In 1929, Fellner² reported a case . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HAIFA, PALESTINE

From the Section of Dermatology, House Elfenbein, service of Dr. Michael G. Rosenbaum, assisted by the workers' sick fund, Kupat Chelim.

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