Table 1.
Age, gender and clinical characteristics for 25 cases of phytocontact dermatitis caused by plants of the Ranunculaceae family and mimicking burn injuries (25 reported in the literature and our 3 cases)
| Ref. | Age | Sex | Implementation period | Admission to hospital | Location | Type of plant | Approach to lesions | Healing time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 64 | M | 12 h | Immediately | Left distal thigh | R. arvensis | Debridement, topical nitrofurantoin | 3 weeks |
| 3 | 17 | M | 48 h | 2 days | Back, scrotum, penis, chest | R. arvensis | Wet dressing, silver sulfadiazine, collogenase | 4 weeks |
| 4 | 42 | M | 8 h | 1 week | Left foot dorsum and ankle | C. testiculatus | Clorhexidine scrub + split thickness skin graft | 7 days |
| 40 | F | 4 h | 3 weeks | Right foot dorsum and ankle | C. testiculatus | Clorhexidine scrub + paraffin gauze | 10 days | |
| 60 | F | 2 h | 10 days | Right foot dosrum and left knee | C. testiculatus | Clorhexidine scrub + paraffin gauze | 7 days | |
| 65 | F | 2 h | 1 week | Left knee | C. testiculatus | Clorhexidine scrub+ paraffin gauze | 15 days | |
| 48 | F | 4 h | 14 days | Right leg | C. falcatus | Clorhexidine scrub + paraffin gauze | 2 weeks | |
| 5 | 52-76 | F:6 M:3 | 12 h | NA | Both knees: 7 One knee: 2 | R. constantinopolitanus | Topical antibacterial treatment | 10 d |
| 6 | 55 | F | 1 day | 2 days | Right knee | R. illyricus | Wet dressing and topical antibiotics | 4 days |
| 7 | 58 | F | 2 days | 5 days | Left knee | R. illyricus | Topical antibacterial cream | A few days |
| 54 | F | 1 days | 3 days | Right knee | R. illyricus | Wet dressing and topical antibiotic | 1 week | |
| 8 | 69 | M | 2.5 h | 2 days | Left knee | C. falcatus | Wet dressing and topical fusidic acid | 2 weeks |
| 33 | F | 1.5 h | 2 days | Right distal leg, ankle, dorsal foot | C. falcatus | Wet dressing and topical antibiotic | 3 weeks | |
| 18 | F | 1 h | 1 week | Left ankle, dorsal foot | C. falcatus | Wet dressing and topical antibiotic | 2 weeks | |
| 9 | 47 | F | 25 min | NA | Right knee | C. falcatus | Wet dressing and topical mometasone cream | 10 days |
| 10 | 45 | F | Overnight | 2 days | Abdomen, right leg | R. damascenus | Wet dressing and topical fusidic acid | 10 days |
| 11 | NA | F | NA | NA | Right ankle | C. falcatus | Wet dressing | 2 weeks |
| Current | 48 | M | 1 h | 1 days | Right thumb | R. arvensis | Dressing with fusidic acid | 3 weeks |
| 59 | F | Overnight | 3 days | Bilateral knee | R. arvensis | Clorhexidine scrub + silver sulfadiazine cream | 2 weeks | |
| 70 | F | 2 days | Immediately | Bilateral knee | R. arvensis | Clorhexidine scrub + silver sulfadiazine cream | 10 days | |