Contact dermatitis in Nigeria
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Contact Dermatitis
- Vol. 17 (3) , 139-141
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1987.tb02692.x
Abstract
Out of 545 consecutive contact dermatitis clinic patients, 73 (13%) had dermatitis of the neck of whom 18 (25%) were nickel positive. 7 had clothing dermatitis and 3 of them reacted to chromate in military uniforms, 5 patients were sensitised to perfume and 4 to medicaments used to treat existing dermatitis. 3 patients were sensitised to hair dyes. Nickel dermatitis was clinically overdiagnosed, mainly due (for various reasons) to inability to make a firm diagnosis of atopy.Keywords
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