The dark side of orthopaedic implants: Allergic contact dermatitis in a patient sensitized to acrylates/methacrylates and cobalt

Contact Dermatitis. 2021 Mar 21. doi: 10.1111/cod.13841. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Ambra Di Altobrando¹, Colombina Vincenzi², Domenico Tigani³, Luca Amendola³, Francesca Bruni², Michelangelo La Placa²

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Unit, AUSL della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy.
² Division of Dermatology, Dermatologia - IRCCS Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 33745165
DOI: 10.1111/cod.13841

No abstract available

Keywords: acrylates; allergic contact dermatitis; case report; cobalt; implant; prosthesis.