A fatal case of hot air sauna burn in an elderly patient initially misdiagnosed as bullous pemphigoid

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 732-733

  Kluger, Nicolas ^a   Laipio, Johanna ^a   Virolainen, Susanna ^a   Ranki, Annamari ^a   Koljonen, Virve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; AGED; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; BURN; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOT AIR SAUNA BURN; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SAUNA; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STROKE; BODY SURFACE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEMIPARESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLAMMATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; BURNS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; STEAM BATH; STROKE;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

EID: 80055031541     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1140     Document Type: Letter

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