Case Reports
5 October 2011
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e21

Flagellate dermatitis following consumption of shiitake mushroom

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Flagellate dermatitis, shiitake mushroom, lentinan poisoning
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Hui Voon Loo
National Skin Centre, Singapore.
Hazel H. Oon
hazeloon@nsc.gov.sg
National Skin Centre, Singapore.
Japanese dermatologists were the first to describe the very characteristic flagellate dermatitis following consumption of under-cooked or raw shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes). These similar eruptions were also reported in patients treated with bleomycin, in dermatomyositis and adult onset Still’s disease. We report a case where a 40 year old chinese female developed flagellate dermatitis following ingestion of a bun containing shiitake mushroom.

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Flagellate dermatitis following consumption of shiitake mushroom. (2011). Dermatology Reports, 3(2), e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e21