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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 16;9(8):e04661.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4661. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Opium poisoning following self-medication of radiation-induced dermatitis with topical use of opium latex traditional extract; a teaching case

Mansoureh Dehghani  1 , Seyyed Morteza Hosseini  2 , Sara Molkara  3 , Danial Fazilat-Panah  4 , Omid Mehrpour  5   6 , Davood Soroosh  7 , Elham Zarei  8 , James S Welsh  9 , Mohammad Nematshahi  10 , Seyed Alireza Javadinia  11
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Opium poisoning following self-medication of radiation-induced dermatitis with topical use of opium latex traditional extract; a teaching case

Mansoureh Dehghani et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Despite Radiation-induced dermatitis is a self-limiting complication, it can be complicated if inappropriate self-medications have been used such as opium latex traditional extract.

Keywords: opium latex traditional extract; opium poisoning; radiation‐induced dermatitis; self‐medication.

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Authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1
Radiation‐induced dermatitis complicated by a bacterial infection (A), recovery from infection one week after empirical antibiotic treatment (B), dermatitis healing three weeks after treatment rest
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