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Allergic contact dermatitis from acrylic resin repair of windscreens
Author(s) -
Pedersen Niels Bang
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.tb05853.x
Subject(s) - allergic contact dermatitis , dermatology , medicine , allergy , immunology
Case Report During the last 2 months, a 26-year-old non-skilled workman had been employed in a small company. His main task was to repair minor damage in car windscreens. He repaired cracks in the windscreens by means of an acrylic glue of unknown composition. Defects in the windscreens were filled with the glue, the air in the cracks first being removed by means of a syringe and the glue afterwards being injected into the crack from the same syringe. Subsequently, the glue hardened within a short while of being exposed to sunlight. After 6 weeks of this work, the patient developed minor skin changes and itching. When he was seen by us 2 weeks later, dry skin on the fingertips was noted together with small vesicles down the sides of some of the fingers. The patient brought a small bottle of the resin from his workplace and said that its composition was secret. According to the label, the name of the glue is TEAM GLAS, prep 20, and it contains acrylic acid and methacrylic ester. The label further states that direct exposure to sunlight should be avoided. Patch testing was performed with the European standard series, and with