Delayed local allergic reaction to intralesional paramethasone acetate

• Published in: Contact dermatitis Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 31 - 32
• Main Authors: Miranda-Romero, A., Pozo, C. Bajo-del, Sânchez-Sambucety, P., Martinez-Fernandez, M., Garcia-Munoz, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-07-1998; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Alopecia Areata - drug therapy; Biological and medical sciences; corticosteroids; cross-sensitivity; delayed hypersensitivity; Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - etiology; Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment; Edema - chemically induced; Erythema - chemically induced; Female; Humans; Hypersensitivity, Delayed - chemically induced; Injections, Intralesional; intralesional; Medical sciences; medicaments; Miscellaneous (drug allergy, mutagens, teratogens...); Paramethasone - administration & dosage; Paramethasone - adverse effects; Paramethasone - analogs & derivatives; Paramethasone - therapeutic use; paramethasone acetate; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Pruritus - chemically induced; Case study; Human; Immunopathology; Allergy; Corticosteroid; Local administration; Skin disease; Intralesional administration; Toxicity; Paramethasone
• ISSN: 0105-1873; 1600-0536
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05810.x

Among the drugs most commonly injected intralesionally (1–3) are corticosteroids. Contact hypersensitivity to corticosteroids is now frequently recognized (4).