Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne
Erythema ab igne (EAI), also known as "toasted skin syndrome" or "heatinduced circumscribed dermal melanosis", presents with pigmented reticular skin lesions with telangiectasias due to prolonged thermal radiation exposure. This article describes a 16-year-old male patient...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2013-12-01
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Erythema ab igne (EAI), also known as "toasted skin syndrome" or "heatinduced circumscribed dermal melanosis", presents with pigmented reticular skin lesions with telangiectasias due to prolonged thermal radiation exposure. This article describes a 16-year-old male patient with EAI due to the use of a thermal pillow, and discusses a potential causative agent of EAI. The potential hazards of misusing new technological equipment and the importance of consumer education are also discussed.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2396b224ab354e91819997efbf7dbf312025-08-20T02:55:23ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212013-12-01556Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igneEnver Turan0Yavuz YeşilovaDerya UçmakÖzgür İlhan ÇelikDepartments of Dermatology Muğla University Faculty of Medicine, Muğla, Turkey. enverturan@gmail.com. Erythema ab igne (EAI), also known as "toasted skin syndrome" or "heatinduced circumscribed dermal melanosis", presents with pigmented reticular skin lesions with telangiectasias due to prolonged thermal radiation exposure. This article describes a 16-year-old male patient with EAI due to the use of a thermal pillow, and discusses a potential causative agent of EAI. The potential hazards of misusing new technological equipment and the importance of consumer education are also discussed. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1572 |
| spellingShingle | Enver Turan Yavuz Yeşilova Derya Uçmak Özgür İlhan Çelik Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne |
| title_full | Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne |
| title_fullStr | Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne |
| title_short | Thermal pillow: an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne |
| title_sort | thermal pillow an unusual causative agent of erythema ab igne |
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