Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications

Erythema ab igne is an asymptomatic cutaneous condition caused by exposure to heat. Cases of erythema ab igne may prove to be diagnostically challenging due to lack of familiarity with the condition. While this dermatosis carries a favorable prognosis, nonmelanoma skin cancers have been reported to...

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Autores principales: Milchak, Marissa, Smucker, Joanne, Chung, Catherine G., Seiverling, Elizabeth V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26880929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1862480
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author Milchak, Marissa
Smucker, Joanne
Chung, Catherine G.
Seiverling, Elizabeth V.
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description Erythema ab igne is an asymptomatic cutaneous condition caused by exposure to heat. Cases of erythema ab igne may prove to be diagnostically challenging due to lack of familiarity with the condition. While this dermatosis carries a favorable prognosis, nonmelanoma skin cancers have been reported to arise within lesions of erythema ab igne. Erythema ab igne is preventable, and, thus, clinicians should provide education regarding safe use of heating devices to patients using these products in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
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spelling pubmed-47359262016-02-15 Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications Milchak, Marissa Smucker, Joanne Chung, Catherine G. Seiverling, Elizabeth V. Case Rep Med Case Report Erythema ab igne is an asymptomatic cutaneous condition caused by exposure to heat. Cases of erythema ab igne may prove to be diagnostically challenging due to lack of familiarity with the condition. While this dermatosis carries a favorable prognosis, nonmelanoma skin cancers have been reported to arise within lesions of erythema ab igne. Erythema ab igne is preventable, and, thus, clinicians should provide education regarding safe use of heating devices to patients using these products in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4735926/ /pubmed/26880929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1862480 Text en Copyright © 2016 Marissa Milchak et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications
title Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications
title_full Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications
title_fullStr Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications
title_full_unstemmed Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications
title_short Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications
title_sort erythema ab igne due to heating pad use: a case report and review of clinical presentation, prevention, and complications
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26880929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1862480
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