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Contact Urticaria and Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Constituents of Human Seminal Fluid

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We describe a woman who suffered from coital vaginal burning and pain, rarely accompanied by genital and facial swelling. Six hours later genital erythema appeared. Fifteen hours after intercourse she observed painful vulvar erosions. Histology showed eczema. Local provocation with her partner’s fresh whole semen produced an erythemato-vesiculous eruption, which on histology showed eczema. Patch tests, scratch test and RAST for antibodies to human seminal plasma were negative. Lymphocyte transformation tests were positive with some fractions of her partner’s seminal fluid. History, clinical observation and test results favor the conclusion that there can be a coexistence of contact urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis to constituents of human semen.

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  1. Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Saint Charles, Montpellier, France

    H.-G. Schimkat

  2. Laboratoire d’Immunologie, Hôpital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France

    M. Andary & J. Clot

  3. Laboratoire de Fécondation In Vitro Maternité, Montpellier, France

    C. Humeau

  4. Laboratoire de Biochimie D, Montpellier, France

    B. Descomps

  5. Laboratoire des Stéroïdes, R.I.A. Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France

    A. Dieng, B. Previero & C. Sultan

  6. Centre de Transfusions Sanguines, Montpellier, France

    M. Robinet-Levy

  7. Laboratoire d’Anatomie Pathologique Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France

    G. Barneon

  8. Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Saint Charles, Montpellier, France

    J. M. Meynadier & J. Meynadier

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  1. Hautklinik der Universität Heidelberg, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Peter Frosch

  2. Department of Medical Research (Dermatology), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Dooms-Goossens P.Ph., Ph.D.

  3. Unit and Laboratory of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, UCL 3033, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    J.-M. Lachapelle M. D. (Professor of Dermatology) (Professor of Dermatology)

  4. St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ, Great Britain

    R. J. G. Rycroft

  5. Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. J. Scheper

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Schimkat, HG. et al. (1989). Contact Urticaria and Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Constituents of Human Seminal Fluid. In: Frosch, P., Dooms-Goossens, A., Lachapelle, JM., Rycroft, R.J.G., Scheper, R.J. (eds) Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74299-6_94

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