PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Pedro Cuevas AU - Javier Angulo AU - Guillermo Giménez-Gallego TI - Topical treatment of contact dermatitis by pine processionary caterpillar AID - 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4351 DP - 2011 Aug 15 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - bcr0620114351 VI - 2011 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.06.2011.4351.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.06.2011.4351.full AB - Skin contact dermatitis by pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a public health problem of increasing significance. The authors present here the case of a 65-year-old man who was diagnosed with processionary caterpillar dermatitis. Patient was treated with topical potassium dobesilate 5% cream twice a day for 2 days. An improvement occurred soon after treatment.