[Irritant contact dermatitis due to angustifolia]

ABSTRACT

A case of sever bullous irritant contact dermatitis in uncommon site in a 50 year-old woman secondary to contact with angustifolia fruit is reported. She developed multiple bullous lesions on anterior of her trunk. We found no prior clinical report of contact dermatitis due to Elaeagnus angustifolia. In a broad sense, Irritant contact dermatitis represents the cutaneous response to the physical and toxic effects of a wide range of environmental exposure. Irritant contact dermatitis has a spectrum of clinical features, ranging from a little dryness, redness or chapping through various type of eczematous to an acute caustic burn