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Julia Lai-Kwon1, Lena Ly, John C Su
1Contact Dermatitis Clinic, Skin and Cancer Foundation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Australasian Journal of Dermatology
|September 3, 2014
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We report a case of a 12-year-old girl with severe allergic contact dermatitis following neurosurgery secondary to topical use of isopropyl alcohol swabs. Alcohol swabs should not be overlooked as potential allergens. In our case, it was initially assumed that the cause of her reaction was either tapes or topical local anaesthetic.
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