Carvone Contact Allergy in Southern Sweden: A 21-year Retrospective Study.
Acta Derm Venereol
; 98(10): 938-942, 2018 Nov 05.
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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.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dermatitis Alérgica por Contacto
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Monoterpenos
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Enfermedades de la Boca
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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En
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Acta Derm Venereol
Año:
2018
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Article
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Suecia