RESUMEN

We report herein the case of a 42-year-old woman who presented to the Burns Unit with 81% of her body surface severely burned following sun bathing, after applying fig leaf tea as a tanning agent. The patient was hospitalized for 13 days in a Burns Intensive Care Unit, and was discharged for an ambulatory follow-up. The treatment of such burns does not differ from any conventional treatment for heat- induced second-degree burns. The physiopathology of the phytophotodermatitis induced by such homemade tanning solutions rich in psoralen is discussed in detail.

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Medicina Tradicional , Baño de Sol/lesiones , Quemadura Solar/etiología , Adulto , Desbridamiento , Femenino , Ficus/química , Ficusina/efectos adversos , Humanos , Extractos Vegetales/efectos adversos , Quemadura Solar/patología , Quemadura Solar/cirugía

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Efectos Colaterales y Reacciones Adversas Relacionados con Medicamentos , Trastornos por Fotosensibilidad/inducido químicamente , Diuréticos/efectos adversos , Ficusina/efectos adversos , Griseofulvina/efectos adversos , Antagonistas de los Receptores Histamínicos H1/efectos adversos , Humanos , Fenotiazinas/efectos adversos , Salicilanilidas/efectos adversos , Sulfonamidas/efectos adversos , Compuestos de Sulfonilurea/efectos adversos , Tetraciclinas/efectos adversos