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Publications and source records attributed to M A Guill.
Contact dermatitis developed in five patients due to Evans blue, an azo-type dye used ot outline the lymphatics prior to the injection of a contrast medium in performing lymphangiography. A pathophysiologic mechanism for the development of dermatitis due to Evans blue is proposed.
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A husband and wife contracted larva migrans while vacationing on the Gulf of Mexico. Subsequently, migratory pulmonary infiltrates and peripheral eosinophilia (Loeffler's syndrome) developed in both patients. Their cutaneous lesions were treated with topical thiabendazole and resolved within two weeks. The pulmonary complication was treated symptomatically and resolved during the next eight weeks.