Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature

A 22-year-old male presented with reddish discoloration of the vest following perspiration for 6 months. He was a habituated consumer of cranberry juice. The peak absorption on spectrophotometric analysis of the extracted sweat coincided approximately with the peak absorption of diluted distillate o...

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Main Authors: Ashok Kumar Jaiswal, Shilpashree P Ravikiran, Prasoon Kumar Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dermatology
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Online Access:http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=6;spage=567;epage=567;aulast=Jaiswal
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description A 22-year-old male presented with reddish discoloration of the vest following perspiration for 6 months. He was a habituated consumer of cranberry juice. The peak absorption on spectrophotometric analysis of the extracted sweat coincided approximately with the peak absorption of diluted distillate of the juice. A diagnosis of eccrine chromhidrosis, probably due to the coloring agents in the juice, was considered. This rare case report emphasizes the possible side effect of the various coloring agents used as food additives.
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spelling doaj.art-881d5367dd024df98b866a4c1dcee24a2022-12-22T03:36:53ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dermatology0019-51541998-36112017-01-0162656756710.4103/ijd.IJD_755_16Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literatureAshok Kumar JaiswalShilpashree P RavikiranPrasoon Kumar RoyA 22-year-old male presented with reddish discoloration of the vest following perspiration for 6 months. He was a habituated consumer of cranberry juice. The peak absorption on spectrophotometric analysis of the extracted sweat coincided approximately with the peak absorption of diluted distillate of the juice. A diagnosis of eccrine chromhidrosis, probably due to the coloring agents in the juice, was considered. This rare case report emphasizes the possible side effect of the various coloring agents used as food additives.http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=6;spage=567;epage=567;aulast=JaiswalCranberry juiceeccrine chromhidrosisfood additivesred sweat
spellingShingle Ashok Kumar Jaiswal
Shilpashree P Ravikiran
Prasoon Kumar Roy
Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature
Indian Journal of Dermatology
Cranberry juice
eccrine chromhidrosis
food additives
red sweat
title Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature
title_full Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature
title_fullStr Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature
title_short Red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature
title_sort red eccrine chromhidrosis with review of literature
topic Cranberry juice
eccrine chromhidrosis
food additives
red sweat
url http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=6;spage=567;epage=567;aulast=Jaiswal
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