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Nakamura, 1977
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Stripy dermatitis after consumption of the edible mushroom shiitake (Lentinus edodes). Auricularia auricula-judae, the Judas ear, a beta-glucan-containing saprophytic fungus of the class of agaricomycetes, can also cause analogous clinical symptoms.
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Lentinan, a (thermolabile! water-soluble) polysaccharide from Lentinus edodes, which is also used in Japan for tumour therapy, is assumed to be the triggering agent. Dermatitides have also been described here. This is probably a toxic reaction. Apparently, more type IV reactions than type I reactions are detected. In mushroom growers with allergic contact dermatitis positive immediate reactions could be triggered in prick tests (Wagner G 2011).
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neck, trunk (see picture), extremities, rare face
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Hours after consumption of a dish containing shiitake, occurrence of flat, massively itching erythema, which is answered with violent scratching reactions. In the scratch marks, striped, parallel arranged, persistent erythema develop, which develop into correspondingly arranged papulo-vesicles. Skin symptoms persist for weeks. They heal without postimflammatory hyperpigmentation.
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- Haas N et al (2001) Shiitake dermatitis. Dermatologist 52: 132-135
- Hiernickel C et al (2015) Shiitake dermatitis: an impressive case report. dermatologist 66: 455-456
- Lang N (2016) Striated, whiplash erythema and succulent papules: Flagellate dermatitis after consumption of Auricularia auricula-judae. JDDG 14: 303-304
- Nakamura T (1977) Toxicoderma caused by shiitake (Lentinus edodes) in Japan. Jpn Clin Dermatol 31: 65-68
- Wagner G et al (2011) Shiitake dermatitis. Linear grouped erythema and papules on the upper trunk and décolleté. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 9: 555-557.
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