Primula Allergic Dermatitis Simulating Occupational Contact Dermatitis Induced by Metals, Oils and Greases

Primula allergic dermatitis simulating occupational contact dermatitis induced by metals, oils and greases.

A case of the hands and face dermatitis in a patient employed in a store with motor-car spare parts is presented. Both the patient and her doctor were convinced that skin lesions were caused by the contact with metals, oils and greases. After detecting allergy to primine (after 48 and 96 h, + +), the patient recalled that two months earlier she had started to grow primrose (Primula obconica) at...

Allergic Contact Dermatitis Induced by Textile Necklace

Allergic contact dermatitis to textile dyes is considered to be a rare phenomenon. A recent review reported a prevalence of contact allergy to disperse dyes between 0.4 and 6.7%. The relevance of positive patch testing was not reported in all studies. Textile dye allergy is easily overlooked and is furthermore challenging to investigate as textile dyes are not labelled on clothing. In this repo...

Occupational allergic contact dermatitis to olanzapine.

Occupational allergic contact dermatitis caused by thebaine and oripavine.

A 35-year-old male was referred because of eczema on the arms and lips that occurred episodically. He worked in a drug-manufacturing plant, and noticed that the episodes of eczema coincided with the production cycles of thebaine (CAS no. 115-37-7) and oripavine (CAS no. 467-04-9), but not with the production cycles of morphine (CAS no. 57-27-2) and noscapine (CAS no. 128-62-1). The eczema start...

Occupational allergic contact dermatitis caused by tetracaine in an otorhinolaryngologist.