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Erosive cheilitis 24 hours after playing a recorder made of African blackwood. Patient's recorders (inset): A: rosewood; B: African blackwood; C: olive; D: pear; E: cedar.
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Figure1
A 70-year-old patient presented to our allergology department with a 2-year history of relapsing erosive cheilitis (Figure 1). The specific patient history revealed that the patient had been playing different types of recorders with mouthpieces made of African blackwood, rosewood, cedar, olive or pear in his leisure time (Figure 1, inset).