title: Allergic sensitization to a non-bisphenol A epoxy of the cycloaliphatic class.
abstract: This is the first report of sensitization to a cycloaliphatic epoxy. Allergic contact dermatitis occurred in an electron microscopist after exposure to the cycloaliphatic epoxy, vinyl cyclohexene diepoxide. Cycloaliphatic epoxies are not based on the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), presently the epoxy of greatest commercial usage. However, non-DGEBA epoxies are finding new applications in the semiconductor and aerospace industries and will likely gain in importance as a cause of occupational allergic dermatitis. Latex or polyvinyl chloride gloves did not protect the reported patient from percutaneous absorption and elicitation of allergic dermatitis.
mesh_terms: D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D053138:Cyclohexenes; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000209:etiology*; D004853:Epoxy Resins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D010328:Patch Tests; D014753:Vinyl Compounds
chemical_list: D003510:Cyclohexanes; D053138:Cyclohexenes; D004853:Epoxy Resins; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C012606:4-vinyl-1-cyclohexene dioxide