Mixed Metal Allergy Ancillary to Surgical Staples

Metal allergies to surgical clips are atypical and often neglected as a differential. It becomes even more unexpected when there is a lack of relevant medical history of the patient reacting poorly to known metals. This study entails the unique finding of newly discovered hypersensitivity to nickel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ahmed, Naveed E, Varghese, Rio, Abdel-Khalek, Ameen, Tariq, Ammarah, Yu, Tony, Ganeshalingam, Sakthi, Hollis, Chantae C, Amos-Arowoshegbe, Elizabeth O, Nasser Deen, Kalsuum, Tiesenga, Frederick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9376058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35983386
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26899
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Sumario:Metal allergies to surgical clips are atypical and often neglected as a differential. It becomes even more unexpected when there is a lack of relevant medical history of the patient reacting poorly to known metals. This study entails the unique finding of newly discovered hypersensitivity to nickel and zirconium, metals commonly found in surgical clips, in a 28-year-old female who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy with a cholangiogram.

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