Side-effects to the use  of laptop computers:  erythema ab igne

Lisa Linnea Søholm Secher; Dina Vind-Kezunovic; Claus Otto Carl Zachariae

doi:10.4081/dr.2010.e11

Side-effects to the use of laptop computers: erythema ab igne

https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2010.e11

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2010)

Submitted: 8 July 2010
Accepted: 8 July 2010

Published: 31 August 2010

Laptop, erythema, side effect, reticulate pigmentation

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The use of laptop computers is increasing, and many children and young adults spend hours with their laptops on their laps daily. We report a case with erythema ab igne on the thigh of a 17-year-old girl, induced by use of laptop computers four to five hours daily for nine months.

Lisa Linnea Søholm Secher

M.D., Department of Dermatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Denmark

Dina Vind-Kezunovic

M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Denmark

Claus Otto Carl Zachariae

M.D., DmSci

Dermatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Denmark

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Secher, L. L. S., Vind-Kezunovic, D., & Zachariae, C. O. C. (2010). Side-effects to the use of laptop computers: erythema ab igne. Dermatology Reports, 2(2), e11. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2010.e11