Contact dermatitis due to Centella asiatica

@article{Gomes2010ContactDD,
  title={Contact dermatitis due to Centella asiatica},
  author={Joana Gomes and Teresa M Pereira and Catarina Vilarinho and Maria da Luz Duarte and Celeste Brito},
  journal={Contact Dermatitis},
  year={2010},
  volume={62}
}
Centella asiatica is an herbaceous plant of the Umbelliferae family, widely used on surgical wounds, keloids, hypertrophic scars, leg ulcers, Fig. 1. [] Key Method A 42-year-old non-atopic woman with no relevant past history presented with localized, severe eczema on her neck and upper chest, after treating a hypertrophic thyroidectomy scar with Madecassol ® ointment. She required systemic corticosteroid therapy.
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