Contact dermatitis : case reportA 46-year-old woman developed contact dermatitis following treatment with prilocaine for local anaesthesia [route, dosage, duration of treatment to reaction and outcomes not stated].The woman, who had grade III Hach vena saphena magna insufficiency with dependent lateral branch varicose on the right leg. A few years previously, she had undergone a hallux valgus surgery under local anaesthesia. Several days later, she developed blisters on the sole. It was classified as allergic reaction. Later, she underwent surgical remediation of the varicose. She underwent surgery under unspecified general and local anaesthetics of TLA solution including prilocaine 0.069%, epinephrine, sodium bicarbonate, in addition to sodium chloride with Metyhl-4-Hydroxybenzoat (1200mL solution corresponds to 825mg prilocaine) was infiltrated SC along the varices to be removed. Later, she received infection prophylaxis with cefazolin. After completion of the surgery a padded short-draw compression bandage was applied from the metacarpophalangeal joint to the groin. From second postoperative day compression therapy was started. Post operative course was unremarkable. She was discharged completely. She was hospitalised on postoperative day 5 due to an itchy redness in the area of the right leg (appeared on postoperative day 2). Over the course her additional occurrence of blisters and blisters. On admission, there was a pronounced, sharply defined, acute erythema on the right medial thigh extending from the inguinal below the knee (area of the pulling channel of the great saphenous vein), it was weeping, itching and painful with confluent vesicles and blisters. It was considered as type IV allergic reaction in the form of delayed allergic contact dermatitis.The woman was then treated with methylprednisolone, pantoprazole along with unspecified steroids. She also received paracetamol for analgesia, along with ampicillin/sulbactam as prophylaxis for bacterial infection, nadroparin calcium for thrombolysis prophylaxis. After 3 days of therapy and hospitalisation, she showed a significant improvement and discharged. Laboratory work up was unremarkable.