[Linear dermatitis of the calves. I. Clinical, epidemiologic and histopathological aspects]

A new form of contact dermatitis that we have denominated "lineal dermatitis of legs' calfs" is described. After presenting its clinical and histopathological characteristics, we analyse the main pathogenic fractures involved which are essentially related to a direct and intimate contact of calfs' skin with the acute border of buses' seats buits with fiber glass. It is believed that both the "dermatosis parasitaria de las butacas" of Quiroga (1959) and the linear women's calf dermatibis by paedherus (Martino and cols., 1979), correspond to the disease detailed in this paper.