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Severe allergic contact blepharoconjunctivitis from phenylephrine in eyedrops, with corresponding T‐cell hyper‐responsiveness in vitro
Author(s) -
Thomas Peter,
Rueff Franziska,
Przybilla Bernhard
Publication year - 1998
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.1600-0536.1998.tb05636.x
Subject(s) - cosmetics , allergic contact dermatitis , contact lens , medicine , dermatology , phenylephrine , contact dermatitis , allergy , immunology , ophthalmology , pathology , blood pressure
Causes of allergic contact reactions of the eye region include topical medicaments, contact lens solutions, eye cosmetics and contaminated towels, pillows or fingers (1–3). Lesions may also arise from airborne or systemic contact, as well as photocontact dermatitis (4, 5). Ophthalmic drugs contain a wide range of potential allergens (6, 7).