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Occupational peri‐ocular contact dermatitis due to sensitization against black rubber components of a microscope
Author(s) -
Kuijpers D. I. M.,
Hillen F.,
Frank J. A
Publication year - 2006
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/j.0105-1873.2006.00876.x
Subject(s) - medicine , allergic contact dermatitis , natural rubber , dermatology , microscope , sensitization , contact dermatitis , allergy , materials science , pathology , composite material , immunology
A 24‐year‐old female working in the Department of Pathology of a University Hospital developed an acute peri‐ocular eczema clearly being related to her daily work at the microscope. Patch testing revealed delayed type hypersensitivity against the black rubber mix, N ‐isopropyl‐ N ′ ‐phenyl paraphenylenediamine, N ‐cyclohexyl‐ N ′ ‐phenyl paraphenylenediamine and the rubber ring situated on the ocular of the respective microscope. This is the first report, to our knowledge, on peri‐orbital allergic contact eczema because of sensitization with rubber components of a microscope.