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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Eczema and Ozena due to Mercury Dental Amalgam
No full textIn 2000, a 27-year-old woman was seen in consultation at the our dental center because of amenorrhea, fatigue, and chronic (atrophic) rhinitis also termed ozena. Skin lesions (eczema) were present near her nose. She had 6 mercury-containing dental amalgam restorations. Mercury levels in saliva was assessed and revealed that there was a significant increased levels of mercury released from her dental amalgam surfaces. We started treatment with amalgam removal and then we performed a LTT-MELISA test to exclude the possibility of immunological sensitization to metals contained in mercury dental amalgams. She displayed an extreme allergy to Nickel [stimulation index (SI)]= 45.9, Titanium 4.2, Aluminum 3.8, Gold 2.8, respectively. The diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis associated with hypothyroidism was established after further investigations. After amalgam-treatment removal, she achieve a remission of eczema, of ozena as well as chronic fatigue. Also, her serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels decreased over time within the reference range. On follow up at 10 years, she was still disease-free
Urticaria and Mercury Dental Amalgam
No full textHere we describe a woman in whom chronic urticaria developed as an early sign of dental amalgam adverse events to mercury dental amalgam fillings. A 26-year-old woman reported that she had systemic urticaria with pruritic papules and plaques, and burning sensation. Signs were also facial and periobital edema. Since 6 months before, each episode started with a skin contact with metal buttons and/or rivets on her jeans as well as after swimming training courses. She was a swimming teacher. She had 8 mercury-containing dental amalgam fillings. She has a history of migraine during menstrual periods and acne rosacea. We patch tested her with dental allergens series and she displayed a strong allergy to nickel sulfate 5%. We recommended her to remove completely mercury dental amalgam restorations, which was performed by us without complications. 4 months after total amalgam removal, the chronic urticaria resolved and no other episodes recurred after 9 years. Also, we observed an unexpected improving about migraine during perimenstrual period
Rapid Regression of Psoriasis after Mercury Amalgam Removal
No full textA 49-year-old woman with a history of plaque psoriasis on her legs presented to our institution in 2006. The patient reported having a worsening of psoriasis after dental treatment. She had 4 dental amalgam tooth fillings and 1 gold-based dental alloy. We did a patch test with general and dental allergens series but it was negative at 96 hours. She decided to undergo the complete amalgam removal and gold crown as well. Few months after mercury dental amalgam removal, her psoriatic lesions improved progressively
Erysipelas-like mercury exanthema related to dental metal allergy
No full textWe report the case of a 66-year-old men in whom a complete response of erysipelaslike mercury exanthem was achieved with no evidence of recurrence after total mercury amalgam fillings removal
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