CONTACT DERMATITIS DUE TO CODEINE

1 July 1942

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology

Vol. 46 (1) , 82-86
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1942.01500130085007

Abstract

Eczematous dermatitis due to contact with opium and its derivatives has been recorded in the foreign literature for many years. Touraine¹ thoroughly reviewed the literature, and Touraine and Scemama² reported a case. Since these reports, I find no reference in the foreign literature. In the American literature the published reports are few. Heller³ reported a case of eczematous dermatitis from lead and opium lotion and proved that the condition was due to opium. Cummer⁴ reported a case of dermatitis of the eyelids from ethylmorphine hydrochloride, the sensitivity having developed after eleven years' use of the drug. Jordon and Osborne⁵ reported 4 cases of eczematous contact dermatitis from opium and its derivatives and called attention to its occupational aspects. Since the last-mentioned report, I find no references in the American literature. REPORT OF A CASE Miss M. P. C., aged 20, white, was seen on Jan.

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