PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J. A. Henderson
AU  - J. P. DesGroseilliers
TI  - Gas plant (Dictamnus albus) phytophotodermatitis simulating poison ivy
DP  - 1984 Apr 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 889--891
VI  - 130
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/130/7/889.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/130/7/889.full
SO  - CMAJ1984 Apr 01; 130
AB  - A 48-year-old man presented with an itchy rash that resembled superficial burns or cane marks on his left forearm; similar lesions had appeared every summer for 5 years. Poison ivy dermatitis had been the initial diagnosis, but the patient knew that this plant was absent from his well tended garden. A visit to the garden revealed the gas plant Dictamnus albus, and occlusive patch testing with leaf cuttings produced a reaction after the skin was exposed to sunlight. Gas plant phytophotodermatitis was diagnosed.