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J K Kellett

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Compound allergy to medicaments.

7 patients who reacted on patch testing to medicaments, but who had negative reactions to the individual ingredients are described. The possible mechanisms of this phenomenon are discussed.

Adult↗

Ammonium persulphate sensitivity in hairdressers.

12 of 49 professional hairdressers patch tested with ammonium persulphate gave positive reactions, in contrast to 1 of 118 patients who were not hairdressers. 7 out of 10 of these 12 patients have since given up hairdressing. The rate of degradation of ammonium persulphate in pet. and in aqueous solution was estimated, and found to be 24% in 6 months.

Adolescent↗

A mesothelioma presenting with multicentric reticulohistiocytosis.

Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis is a rare disorder of the skin and joints, with characteristic histological features. An increasing number of reported cases have been associated with internal malignancy. We report a case of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis in an elderly man with mesothelioma.

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