Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis is a common and often distressing condition. Currently, treatment with nonsedating antihistamines, topical therapy, and immunotherapy are very effective. Despite this, intramuscular depot steroids are commonly used in clinical practice. Here, we present the case of a young woman wh...

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Autor principal: Ameratunga, Rohan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Allergy Organization 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23282384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WOX.0b013e3182758d80
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description Allergic rhinitis is a common and often distressing condition. Currently, treatment with nonsedating antihistamines, topical therapy, and immunotherapy are very effective. Despite this, intramuscular depot steroids are commonly used in clinical practice. Here, we present the case of a young woman who developed disfiguring scarring after a depot steroid injection. This case highlights the risks of this form of treatment for allergic rhinitis.
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spelling pubmed-36511832013-07-12 Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis Ameratunga, Rohan World Allergy Organ J Case Report Allergic rhinitis is a common and often distressing condition. Currently, treatment with nonsedating antihistamines, topical therapy, and immunotherapy are very effective. Despite this, intramuscular depot steroids are commonly used in clinical practice. Here, we present the case of a young woman who developed disfiguring scarring after a depot steroid injection. This case highlights the risks of this form of treatment for allergic rhinitis. World Allergy Organization 2012-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3651183/ /pubmed/23282384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WOX.0b013e3182758d80 Text en Copyright ©2012 World Allergy Organization; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis
title Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis
title_full Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis
title_fullStr Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis
title_full_unstemmed Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis
title_short Gluteal Subcutaneous Atrophy After Depot Steroid Injection for Allergic Rhinitis
title_sort gluteal subcutaneous atrophy after depot steroid injection for allergic rhinitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23282384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WOX.0b013e3182758d80
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