This Article  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

MAJOR IRVING L. SCHONBERG

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1946;54(1):65-66.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Numerous articles have been written on contact dermatitis resulting from the use of nail polish. The following case is of interest because of the unusual source of the dermatitis.

REPORT OF A CASE

A white woman, 26 years of age, the wife of an officer, came to the dermatologic clinic with a scaly erythematous dermatitis involving the eyelids, sides of the face and anterior portion of the neck. She had been treated by several physicians who had administered roentgen ray therapy and had prescribed various local applications. The location of the lesions suggested a dermatitis due to nail polish, and the patient was advised to discontinue its use. The dermatitis improved shortly afterward with bland local therapy. Several weeks later the patient reappeared with a severe flare-up of the dermatitis on the eyelids, sides of the face and neck. She stated that nail polish had not been used during . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MEDICAL CORPS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?