Baboon syndrome from mercury showing leukocytoclastic vasculitis on biopsy

Marcus G Tan; Melanie D Pratt; Bruce F Burns; Steven J Glassman

doi:10.1111/cod.13625

Baboon syndrome from mercury showing leukocytoclastic vasculitis on biopsy

Contact Dermatitis. 2020 Nov;83(5):415-417. doi: 10.1111/cod.13625. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Authors

Marcus G Tan¹, Melanie D Pratt¹, Bruce F Burns², Steven J Glassman¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Dermatology, The University of Ottawa, and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Anatomical Pathology, The University of Ottawa, and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 32462678
DOI: 10.1111/cod.13625

No abstract available

Keywords: SDRIFE; baboon syndrome; case report; leukocytoclastic vasculitis; mercury exanthem; metals; systemic allergic dermatitis; systemic drug-related intertriginous and flexural exanthema.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / diagnosis
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / etiology*
Humans
Leg Dermatoses
Mercury / adverse effects*
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / chemically induced*
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / diagnosis

Substances

Mercury

Supplementary concepts

Erythema elevatum diutinum