{"title":"TCM treatment of allergy induced by stainless steel implants for tibiofibular fracture: A case report.","authors":"Yansong Qi, Yi Ding, Baoge Liu, Yongsheng Xu","doi":"10.5414/ALX02095E","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Metal allergy is frequently seen. Orthopedic metal implants, such as external fixators or other stainless implants, contain chromium, nickel, and molybdenum, which can cause type IV hypersensitivity.</p><p><strong>Case summary: </strong>A patient diagnosed with open comminuted tibiofibular fracture was treated with external fixation surgery, and she showed contact dermatitis and eczema-like symptoms 2 weeks postoperatively. She was then diagnosed as allergic to several metals by patch test and subsequently treated with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both orally and externally for 1 month. TCM treatment significantly alleviated the hypersensitive symptoms and made the patient bear the external fixator for 2 months until bone union.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TCM therapy may be an effective treatment for external fixation-induced metal allergy and contact dermatitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":7485,"journal":{"name":"Allergologie Select","volume":"3 1","pages":"15-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066679/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Allergologie Select","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5414/ALX02095E","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2019/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Metal allergy is frequently seen. Orthopedic metal implants, such as external fixators or other stainless implants, contain chromium, nickel, and molybdenum, which can cause type IV hypersensitivity.
Case summary: A patient diagnosed with open comminuted tibiofibular fracture was treated with external fixation surgery, and she showed contact dermatitis and eczema-like symptoms 2 weeks postoperatively. She was then diagnosed as allergic to several metals by patch test and subsequently treated with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both orally and externally for 1 month. TCM treatment significantly alleviated the hypersensitive symptoms and made the patient bear the external fixator for 2 months until bone union.
Conclusion: TCM therapy may be an effective treatment for external fixation-induced metal allergy and contact dermatitis.
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