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Allergic contact dermatitis caused by benzanthrone in a pair of trousers
Author(s) -
Svedman Cecilia,
Zimerson Erik,
Bruze Magnus
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/cod.12187
Subject(s) - medicine , allergic contact dermatitis , dermatology , university hospital , contact dermatitis , family medicine , allergy , immunology
Dermatitis caused by clothing can have different aetiologies. It can be an urticarial reaction (1), a reaction caused by irritation (2, 3), or an allergic contact reaction. This reaction can be caused by the textile fibres (1, 4) themselves, even though this is uncommon, but most often caused by textile dyes (4) or other chemical components added to the textile to give the material a certain quality or finish (5, 6). Contact allergy to textile dyes is usually described for synthetic clothing and the dyes used for these, among which are disperse dyes, anthraquinone-based dyes, and azo dyes. Here, we describe a case of contact allergy to benzanthrone, an intermediate in the production of vat dyes, which are mainly used for dyeing cotton fabrics.