Case Reports
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2010.e11

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

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Received: 8 July 2010
Accepted: 8 July 2010
Published: 31 August 2010
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Laptop, erythema, side effect, reticulate pigmentation

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Lisa Linnea Søholm Secher
lisa.secher@webspeed.dk
Dina Vind-Kezunovic
Claus Otto Carl Zachariae
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.

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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 LLS, Vind-Kezunovic D, Zachariae COC. Side-effects to the use of laptop computers: erythema ab igne. Dermatol Reports [Internet]. 2010 Aug. 31 [cited 2026 Apr. 18];2(2):e11. Available from: https://journals.pagepress.net/dr/article/view/dr.2010.e11