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ARTHUR B. KERN, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1960;81(4):599-600.

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Cinnamon, judging from the paucity of reports in the literature, would appear to be an uncommon cause of contact dermatitis. White and Boston (cited by Zakon et al.¹), in 1897, reported on a woman who developed an eruption of the hands, face, and abdomen as a result of dipping toothpicks in cinnamon (cassia) oil to flavor them. Tulipan² treated a baker with a contact dermatitis of the palms who gave a positive reaction to cinnamon used in making dough and icing. Silvers³ reported a case of dermatitis and stomatitis attributed to clove oil and cinnamon oil. Miller's patient⁴ developed chelitis from oil of cinnamon in bubble gum, while Laubach, Malkinson, and Ringrose⁵ described a case of cheilitis from cinnamon (cassia) oil in toothpaste. Howell,⁶ in the tabulation of 250 cases of contact dermatitis observed in a period of one year, included one case of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Providence, R.I.

Dr. Kern is Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology.; From the Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine (Herbert Mescon, M.D., Professor).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 29, 1959.

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