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Case Reports
. 2014 Jun;31(3):187-90.
doi: 10.5114/pdia.2014.40929. Epub 2014 Jun 13.

Flagellate dermatitis after consumption of Shiitake mushrooms

Agnieszka B Czarnecka  1 , Burkhard Kreft  1 , Wolfgang Ch Marsch  1
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Case Reports

Flagellate dermatitis after consumption of Shiitake mushrooms

Agnieszka B Czarnecka et al. Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

Flagellate dermatitis occurs in patients who have eaten Shiitake mushrooms. We are reporting on a 55-year-old man, who developed whiplash-striped, severely itching efflorescences on the trunk 3 days after eating Lentinula edodes. Flagellate dermatitis is also known as a cutaneous side effect of bleomycin therapy.

Keywords: Shiitake mushrooms; flagellate dermatitis; latency; toxicoderma; whiplash-like efflorescences.

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Figure 1
Shiitake mushroom
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Figure 2
Parallel, striped whiplash-like infiltrated erythemas with severe itching on the trunk
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Figure 3
Close-up view of parallel, striped whiplash-like infiltrated erythemas on the trunk
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Figure 4
Papulovesicles on urticarial erythemas on the right shoulder
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Figure 5A–B
Histopathology (skin punch biopsy): severe edema of the Stratum papillare, mild focal (not spreading) acute lymphocytic eczema reaction, superficial, cuff-shaped perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate
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