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Mei Tam

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Fixed drug eruption with interferon-beta-1b.

A 32-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis who developed non-injection-site-related fixed drug eruption with interferon-beta-1b. Erythematous plaques started appearing 1 month after the drug was introduced, and increased in number following each administration. The histopathology of a skin biopsy was consistent with fixed drug eruption. The drug was subsequently ceased, with resolution of the rash 6 weeks later.

Adjuvants, Immunologic↗

Contact dermatitis to Shiitake mushroom.

A 44-year-old woman with occupational allergic contact dermatitis to Shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes), sawdust and thiuram. She presented with an 8-month history of hand and face dermatitis that developed after working for 2.5 years in a mushroom farm. Within 3 months of ceasing work at the farm, her symptoms resolved completely.

Adult↗