Corticosteroids are used to treat a variety of medical conditions. While topical preparations are known to commonly cause allergic contact dermatitis, systemic use of these drugs rarely causes cutaneous reactions. (This paper presents) Two cases of (systemic) injectable corticosteroid use resulting in delayed hypersensitivity reactions are presented.
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