Masui. 2000 Aug; 49(8): 887-9.

[A case of acupuncture needle dermatitis]

Morimoto M, Kawata K, Tsuchiya N, Murakami H, Kura M, Koga Y.

Department of Anesthesiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osakasayama.

A 65-year-old female visited our clinic with painful red vesicular dermatitis of the forehead and around the left eye. She had received acupuncture for headache and shoulder stiffness 6 days before visiting our clinic. A patch test with nickel sulfate gave positive results. We treated her with the greater occipital nerve block and trigger point injection which relieved her pain. We reached the diagnosis of greater occipital trigeminal syndrome with contact dermatitis from the acupuncture needle.