@article {Haddock:2020:0736-8046:900, title = "Allergic contact dermatitis to immobilization mask used in radiation therapy", journal = "Pediatric Dermatology", parent_itemid = "infobike://bsc/pde", publishercode ="bp", year = "2020", volume = "37", number = "5", publication date ="2020-09-01T00:00:00", pages = "900-901", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "0736-8046", eissn = "1525-1470", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/pde/2020/00000037/00000005/art00032", doi = "doi:10.1111/pde.14260", keyword = "mask, allergic contact dermatitis, Klarity, radiation therapy, medulloblastoma, polyester resin, polycaprolactone, thermoplastic", author = "Haddock, Ellen E. S. and Barrio, Victoria R.", abstract = "Thermoplastic masks made of polyester resin are used to immobilize patients receiving radiation therapy. We describe a case of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) to a thermoplastic mask worn by a child receiving proton beam therapy for treatment of medulloblastoma. ACD to a thermoplastic mask in an adult was first reported in 2018. (J Med Case Rep. 2018;12:181) To our knowledge, ACD to a thermoplastic mask has not been reported previously in the pediatric population.", }