[Airbone contact dermatitis caused by latex exposure: a clinical case].
We describe the case of a nurse who showed eczematous lesions wide-spread over the neck and face. She worked as a attendant to a surgical chamber and wore vinyl gloves because of previous episodes of contact dermatitis caused by rubber gloves. The allergologic examination demonstrated that total IgE was 69.8 kU/1, both the Skin prick tests and the patch test for latex were positive. Persisting her dermatological symptomatology, in the suspicion of a airborne contact dermatitis, the nurse was removed and addressed to administrative functions for detecting the clinical follow-up. Fortunately, the eczematous manifestations spontaneously disappeared immediately after her transfer. In this case the presence of eczema mainly on air-exposed areas was interpreted as a sign of airborne contact dermatitis to latex. The case is reported in that the clinical picture is not very common.
Proietti
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Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Patologie Sistemiche, Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli Studi di Catania.
Gueli
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Bella
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Vasta
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Bonanno
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D000328:Adult; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020315:Latex Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*