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Shiitake, Hua Gu · 2015 · Case Reports

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Flagellate shiitake mushroom dermatitis.

Lentinula edodes

Immune supportGut & microbiome
SpeciesShiitake, Hua Gu
JournalDermatology online journal
Year2015

Key points

  • An 84-year-old woman presented with 5 days of a pruritic skin eruption that formed arciform and linear patterns
  • She was diagnosed with flagellate shiitake mushroom dermatitis related to shiitake mushroom consumption the day prior symptom onset

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Citation abstract

An 84-year-old woman presented with 5 days of a pruritic skin eruption that formed arciform and linear patterns. She was diagnosed with flagellate shiitake mushroom dermatitis related to shiitake mushroom consumption the day prior symptom onset.

Citation

Luber AJ, Ackerman LS (2015). Flagellate shiitake mushroom dermatitis. Dermatology online journal PMID: 26437171

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