SENSITIZATION TO ADHESIVE PLASTER
- 1 July 1925
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 12 (1) , 69-71
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1925.02370070082008
Abstract
In June, 1924, Jantzen1 reported a case of sensitivity to adhesive tape. The report appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association in the section "Queries and Minor Notes." The editor of this department stated that he knew of no similar case, and made the suggestion that the case was perhaps one of vascular disturbance, such as thrombo-angiitis obliterans, Raynaud's disease, epidermolysis bullosa or tight strapping. He further stated: "There appear to be no records of sensitivity to adhesive plaster." A case is here reported in which such sensitivity is apparently proved. REPORT OF A CASE History.— A white woman, aged 49, had had several attacks of hives in childhood. For the last four or five years she had had recurring attacks of asthma. On two or three occasions, following the application of adhesive plaster to the skin, she had had an eruption similar to the one whichKeywords
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