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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)

From: Phytocontact dermatitis due to Ranunculus arvensis mimicking burn injury: report of three cases and literature review

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