A wide-spread flagellate dermatitis

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Jan 3:2013:bcr2012007682. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007682.

Abstract

A 45-year-old gentleman presented with an intensely itchy, widespread eruption which had been present for 5 days. He was otherwise fit and well. On examination there was a florid, erythematous, papular, flagellate rash over the trunk and limbs. The gentleman had eaten shiitake mushrooms 10 days earlier. The diagnosis was shiitake dermatitis and the rash settled spontaneously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dermatitis / etiology*
  • Dermatitis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mushroom Poisoning / complications*
  • Mushroom Poisoning / pathology
  • Shiitake Mushrooms*