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Allergic contact dermatitis to propolis in a violin maker
Heather D Lieberman1, Joshua P Fogelman, David L Ramsay
1Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|January 25, 2002
Abstract:
Allergy to colophony is well noted in the literature, however, there have been few case reports of allergic contact dermatitis to propolis in musicians and instrument makers. We report a case of a stringed instrument craftsman who developed allergic contact dermatitis to propolis, a component of Italian varnish. A review of the components, applications, and the clinical manifestations of hypersensitivity reactions to propolis are presented.