CONTACT-DERMATITIS WITH CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO THE HIDE BEETLE, DERMESTES PERUVIANUS

Authors
RAMACHANDRAN S HERN J ALMEYDA J MAIN J PATEL KS
Citation
S. Ramachandran et al., CONTACT-DERMATITIS WITH CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO THE HIDE BEETLE, DERMESTES PERUVIANUS, British journal of dermatology, 136(6), 1997, pp. 943-945
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
136
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
943 - 945
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1997)136:6<943:CWCLFE>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Contact with beetles of the family Dermestidae can produce a variety o f disorders including skin, gastrointestinal and respiratory tract dis ease. Dermatological disorders include dermatitis,(1,2) vesicular,(3) pustular and vasculitic lesions. In addition, there may be pruritus, d esquamation and urticaria.(2,4) We report a patient who developed derm atitis, a vasculitic eruption, cervical lymphadenopathy and pulmonary nodular interstitial infiltration as a result of contact with the 'hid e beetle' Dermestes peruvianus.