Contact Dermatitis due to Lubricant Oils in a Brass Musician

Vol. 29, No. 1, 2017 127 Received July 3, 2015, Revised January 14, 2016, Accepted for publication February 12, 2016 Corresponding author: Elisa Haroun-Díaz, Department of Allergy, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Avenida Reyes Católicos s/n 28040, Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34915504800, Fax: +34915448246, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology tion in pain (abandoning the use of methadone) and 4 lesions were completely healed, while other 2 lesions, located on the lateral malleoli, were recovering (Fig. 1). We then started a gradual reduction of the corticosteroid dosage, and warfarin and nicotinic acid were removed from patient’s prescription. The last remaining ulcer was completely healed by August 20th. She reported never have experienced a higher rate of healing before, and no treatment-related adverse event occurred. At the last contact with the patient (December 30th), she was showing no evidence of disease activity. The present case represents the first report of use of sildenafil or any PDE5 inhibitor in the treatment of LV, suggesting the possibility of an effective treatment alternative for this disease.