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Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions

Erythema ab igne is a thermal-associated skin condition that can occur secondary to persistent direct or indirect contact with heat. Historically, erythema ab igne has been linked to fireplace and stove exposures; more recently, it has been associated with heaters, hot water bottles, and laptops. A...

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Autores principales: Forouzan, Parnia, Riahi, Ryan R, Cohen, Philip R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537275
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8057
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description Erythema ab igne is a thermal-associated skin condition that can occur secondary to persistent direct or indirect contact with heat. Historically, erythema ab igne has been linked to fireplace and stove exposures; more recently, it has been associated with heaters, hot water bottles, and laptops. A 48-year-old woman presented for the evaluation of hyperpigmented, reticulated macular lesions on her distal legs. Additional history revealed that she had developed erythema ab igne secondary to the use of a space heater underneath her desk at work. Her skin condition stopped progressing with removal of the causative agent. In addition to erythema ab igne, heat-related skin conditions include basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, burns, erythromelalgia, subtypes of urticaria, and ultraviolet-associated disorders. Awareness of thermal-associated skin conditions enables the clinician to establish the appropriate diagnosis based on the associated history of the condition, the morphology of the skin lesion, and, if necessary, correlation with the skin biopsy findings of the cutaneous condition.
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spelling pubmed-72865852020-06-11 Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions Forouzan, Parnia Riahi, Ryan R Cohen, Philip R Cureus Dermatology Erythema ab igne is a thermal-associated skin condition that can occur secondary to persistent direct or indirect contact with heat. Historically, erythema ab igne has been linked to fireplace and stove exposures; more recently, it has been associated with heaters, hot water bottles, and laptops. A 48-year-old woman presented for the evaluation of hyperpigmented, reticulated macular lesions on her distal legs. Additional history revealed that she had developed erythema ab igne secondary to the use of a space heater underneath her desk at work. Her skin condition stopped progressing with removal of the causative agent. In addition to erythema ab igne, heat-related skin conditions include basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, burns, erythromelalgia, subtypes of urticaria, and ultraviolet-associated disorders. Awareness of thermal-associated skin conditions enables the clinician to establish the appropriate diagnosis based on the associated history of the condition, the morphology of the skin lesion, and, if necessary, correlation with the skin biopsy findings of the cutaneous condition. Cureus 2020-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7286585/ /pubmed/32537275 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8057 Text en Copyright © 2020, Forouzan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions
title Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions
title_full Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions
title_fullStr Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions
title_full_unstemmed Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions
title_short Heater-Associated Erythema Ab Igne: Case Report and Review of Thermal-Related Skin Conditions
title_sort heater-associated erythema ab igne: case report and review of thermal-related skin conditions
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537275
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8057
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