title: [Allergic contact eczema to ninhydrin].
abstract: Use of a surgical marking pen to indicate test areas on the skin during epicutaneous evaluation caused eczema in three female patients undergoing patch testing. Close scrutiny of the individual components of this surgical marking pen revealed contact dermatitis to ninhydrine, a substance whose allergenic potential has hardly been noted in the relevant literature.
authors: Abteilung Dermato-Venerologie, Universität Göttingen.
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Schlacke
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007192:Indenes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009555:Ninhydrin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010328:Patch Tests; D012882:Skin Tests; D014956:Writing
chemical_list: D007192:Indenes; D009555:Ninhydrin
vernacular_title: Allergisches Kontaktekzem auf Ninhydrin.