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Schmerzhafte Rötung, Schwellung und Blasen

Kontaktverbrennung durch Pflanzen

Contact burns induced by phytophototoxic substances

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Eine 28-Jährige kommt bei der Rodung eines verwilderten Grundstückes trotz Schutzkleidung mit Riesenbärenklau in Kontakt. Drei Tage später treten flächige, schmerzhafte, teilweise bizarr konfigurierte, streifen- und strichförmige ödematöse Erytheme und Blasen auf (Abb. 1).

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Rapp, M., Al-Shukur, FF., Junghardt, K. et al. Kontaktverbrennung durch Pflanzen. MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin 159, 42–46 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15006-017-9846-4

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