Question: Describe the clinical appearance of dermal injury secondary to nitric acid.
Answer: The reference listed below states “Skin contact with liquid nitric acid leads to specific, intensive yellow- to brown-stained wounds with the building of an eschar. This appearance makes the evaluation of the wounds, including determination of burn depth and necessity of surgical treatment, difficult as compared with classical burn wounds. Even in a retrospective view, no typical marks could be identified, which facilitate the evaluation of the nitric acid wounds.” (Kolios L et al. The nitric acid burn trauma of the skin. 2010 J Plastic Recon Aesth Surg 63: e358-e363)
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