Occupational allergic contact dermatitis to bisphenol F epoxy resin.
A 30-year-old man presented with eyelid dermatitis and was diagnosed with occupational allergic contact dermatitis to an epoxy resin based on the monomer diglycidyl ether of bisphenol F. He did not react to the standard epoxy resin based on bisphenol A, but reacted to a diluted sample of epoxy resin taken from his workplace, an adhesives manufacturing plant. The diagnosis would not have been made had he not brought samples from work, which were patch tested after appropriate dilution. The material safety data sheet provided additional evidence that the epoxy was not based on bisphenol A. The patient's symptoms subsided after avoidance of the identified product.
Sakata
Shinichiro
S
Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Cahill
Jennifer
J
Barton
David
D
Nixon
Rosemary
R
D000328:Adult; D000485:Allergens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005143:Eyelids; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010328:Patch Tests
D000485:Allergens; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; C423722:bisphenol F diglycidyl ether