Full thickness burn caused by exposure to giant hogweed: Delayed presentation, histological features and surgical management

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-130

  Chan, Jeffrey C Y ^a   Sullivan, Paul J ^a   O'Sullivan, Maureen J ^a   Eadie, Patricia A ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Burn; Chemical; Cutaneous; Full thickness; Heracleum mantegazzianum; Hogweed

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CLOBETASONE BUTYRATE;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREAM; DEBRIDEMENT; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HERACLEUM; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PLANT WEEDS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78650415538     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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