Citation

Bonniaud P, Georges M, Blanc-Caille M, Collet E, Camus P. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 2011; 127(1): 295.

Affiliation

University of Burgundy and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Bocage, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire; and Service de dermatologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR 866, Dijon, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaci.2010.09.042

PMID

21211663

Abstract

We report an unusual adverse dermatologic effect resulting from pressurized salbutamol aerosol misuse.

A 13-year-old boy presented with a well-delineated purplish skin injury and blister on the anterior aspect of his left mid-forearm. History revealed that a schoolmate with known asthma actuated his own salbutamol canister (Ventoline; GlaxoSmithKline, Marly-le-Roi, France) against the patient’s skin about 10 times in short sequence. A blister developed within 2 days, broke at day 3 and healed over the ensuing 2 weeks. Five other schoolmates exposed to the same canister had similar burns. The boy with asthma was firmly asked to give up this “recreational” activity with the canister.

Language: en