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1: BMC Dermatol. 2004 Mar 31;4:1.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Severe facial dermatitis as a late complication of aesthetic rhinoplasty; a case report.

Rajabian MH, Sodaify M, Aghaei S.

Department of Plastic Surgery Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. rajabim@sums.ac.ir

BACKGROUND: Contact dermatitis, as a cutaneous complication after rhinoplasty, is of early onset, limited and transient. The cause of this dermatitis is irritant or allergic. Late onset skin complications are rare and non-inflammatory. CASE PRESENTATION: We are reporting an unexpected, severe allergic contact dermatitis of the face, in a young female, appearing one month following aesthetic rhinoplasty. She failed to respond to ordinary treatments for dermatitis. We did standard battery--including nitrofurazone, tincture of benzoin and hydrocortisone--patch test for the patient that showed sensitivity to benzoin and corticosteroid. CONCLUSIONS: In summary we report a case of a severe allergic contact dermatitis of the face, in a 21-year-old girl who underwent corrective aesthetic rhinoplasty, appearing one month following surgical operation. We were unable to find a similar report in the medical literature.

PMID: 15056395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC406507