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Henna tattoo and Sweet’s syndrome: a possible relation Volume 19, issue 6, November-December 2009

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Department of Dermatology, Centro hospitalar do Porto-HSA, Rua D. Manuel II s/n°, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal

Auteur(s) : Aristóteles Rosmaninho, Susana Machado, Isabel Amorim, Inês Lobo, Manuela Selores Department of Dermatology, Centro hospitalar do Porto-HSA, Rua D. Manuel II s/n°, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal A 23-year-old Caucasian woman had a henna tattoo applied to her left hand while on holiday in Morocco. Three days later she developed edema, erythema and moderate pruritus over the tattooed area. A diagnosis of allergic contact dermatitis (CD) was made and betamethasone acceponate cream [...]