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Carvone Contact Allergy in Southern Sweden: A 21-year Retrospective Study.
- Source :
- Acta Dermato-Venereologica; Nov2018, Vol. 98 Issue 10, p938-942, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Carvone (l-carvone), a mint flavour in spearmint oil, is considered a mild skin sensitizer. Carvone-sensitization may be linked to oral/perioral signs and oral lichen planus, but studies are sparse. The prevalence of patch test reactions to carvone and relevant findings from the positive group were investigated. Records for patch-tested patients at the Malmö clinic, for the period 1996 to 2016, were studied. Carvone-positive and carvone-negative patients were compared regarding patch test data from baseline series and dental series. Dental series-tested carvone-positive patients were also compared with a matched group. A total of 147 out of 4,221 referred patients had a positive patch test to carvone. Sensitized patients had higher mean age and were primarily women; 73% had oral signs and 57% had oral lichen. Concomitant patch test reactions to gold, nickel and mercury were common. In the matched group-comparison carvone-positive patients had a higher frequency of oral lichen, but no difference was found in sensitization to gold and mercury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CARVONE
ALLERGIES
ORAL lichen planus
SKIN inflammation
SKIN diseases
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00015555
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132529017
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3009