Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications
Erythema ab igne is an asymptomatic cutaneous condition caused by exposure to heat. Cases of erythema ab igne may prove to be diagnostically challenging due to lack of familiarity with the condition. While this dermatosis carries a favorable prognosis, nonmelanoma skin cancers have been reported to...
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| author | Marissa Milchak Joanne Smucker Catherine G. Chung Elizabeth V. Seiverling |
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| description | Erythema ab igne is an asymptomatic cutaneous condition caused by exposure to heat. Cases of erythema ab igne may prove to be diagnostically challenging due to lack of familiarity with the condition. While this dermatosis carries a favorable prognosis, nonmelanoma skin cancers have been reported to arise within lesions of erythema ab igne. Erythema ab igne is preventable, and, thus, clinicians should provide education regarding safe use of heating devices to patients using these products in both outpatient and inpatient settings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a9e59b88a5e94acea49df7fdb902d4ca2025-02-03T01:02:50ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352016-01-01201610.1155/2016/18624801862480Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and ComplicationsMarissa Milchak0Joanne Smucker1Catherine G. Chung2Elizabeth V. Seiverling3Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USADepartment of Dermatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USADepartment of Dermatology and Pathology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USADepartment of Dermatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USAErythema ab igne is an asymptomatic cutaneous condition caused by exposure to heat. Cases of erythema ab igne may prove to be diagnostically challenging due to lack of familiarity with the condition. While this dermatosis carries a favorable prognosis, nonmelanoma skin cancers have been reported to arise within lesions of erythema ab igne. Erythema ab igne is preventable, and, thus, clinicians should provide education regarding safe use of heating devices to patients using these products in both outpatient and inpatient settings.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1862480 |
| spellingShingle | Marissa Milchak Joanne Smucker Catherine G. Chung Elizabeth V. Seiverling Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications |
| title_full | Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications |
| title_fullStr | Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications |
| title_short | Erythema Ab Igne due to Heating Pad Use: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Presentation, Prevention, and Complications |
| title_sort | erythema ab igne due to heating pad use a case report and review of clinical presentation prevention and complications |
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