ALLERGIC CONTACT-DERMATITIS FROM TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE IN A NASAL SPRAYMASQUERADING AS INFECTIONS COMPLICATION OF SINUSITIS

Authors
BIRCHER AJ HIRSBRUNNER P TSCHOPP K WILDERMUTH V
Citation
Aj. Bircher et al., ALLERGIC CONTACT-DERMATITIS FROM TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE IN A NASAL SPRAYMASQUERADING AS INFECTIONS COMPLICATION OF SINUSITIS, ORL, 57(1), 1995, pp. 54-56
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
ORL → ACNP
ISSN journal
03011569
Volume
57
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
54 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-1569(1995)57:1<54:ACFTPI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Allergic contact dermatitis to corticosteroids is not uncommon and is increasingly reported. Contact allergy to nasal corticosteroids is rar e and may present with atypical symptoms, which may be confused with i nfectious complications. We report on a patient in whom the misinterpr etation of her allergic nasal symptoms to the corticosteroid tixocorto l pivalate resulted in hospitalization and considerable medical expens es.