Allergy to colophony

BMJ 1995;310:603 (4 March)

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Allergy to colophony

EDITOR,--A D Burden and W N Morley report a case of allergyto colophony. We recently treated a 9 year old boy who presentedwith inflammation around a periungual wart on the left middlefinger after two days' treatment with salicylic acid (Cuplex).The treatment was stopped and the finger dressed with a tubularbandage taped to the hand. Two days later the child was admittedto a surgical ward with a swollen left hand and blistering ofthe skin that was in contact with adhesive tape; cellulitiswas diagnosed (figure). Within hours of his admission itchyblisters developed under adhesive tape around an intravenouscannula. Subsequent patch testing confirmed contact allergyto colophony, a constituent of both the wart treatment and theadhesive tape. The swelling and blisters resolved rapidly withtreatment with a potent topical corticosteroid.

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