Selected clinical and therapeutic aspects of atopic and contact dermatitis

Krzysztof Kanabaj; Sara Shawkat; Aleksandra Kuźniak; Zygmunt Adamski; Dorota Jenerowicz

doi:10.5114/dr.2021.113157

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Review article

Selected clinical and therapeutic aspects of atopic and contact dermatitis

Krzysztof Kanabaj

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,

Sara Shawkat

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,

Aleksandra Kuźniak

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,

Zygmunt Adamski

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,

Dorota Jenerowicz

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Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Department of Allergic and Occupational Diseases of the Skin, Chair of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Dermatol Rev/Przegl Dermatol 2021, 108, 394–406

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/dr.2021.113157

Online publish date: 2022/02/07

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Atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis are two dermatoses associated with eczema and pruritus, accompanied by hypersensitivity reactions. However, the etiopathogenesis of these diseases is different, therefore also their diagnostic and therapeutic procedures vary. Atopic dermatitis, a skin-epidermal barrier defective disorder, is a more characteristic for children, although it also occurs in a small percentage of adults. Contact allergy, in which epidermal patch tests are the diagnostic tool, is diagnosed in children and in as many as 20% of adults. Atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis may coexist in the same patient. Etiologically different types of hand eczema often coexist. In addition, contact allergy may relate to substances used in the treatment of atopic dermatitis, such as emollients or, less frequently, antiseptics and glucocorticosteroids. For this reason, epidermal patch tests may be useful in this group of patients.

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Selected clinical and therapeutic aspects of atopic and contact dermatitis

Krzysztof Kanabaj 1 , Sara Shawkat 1 , Aleksandra Kuźniak 1 , Zygmunt Adamski 1 , Dorota Jenerowicz 2

atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, eczema

Krzysztof Kanabaj

¹

,

Sara Shawkat

¹

,

Aleksandra Kuźniak

¹

,

Zygmunt Adamski

¹

,

Dorota Jenerowicz

²