title: A case of contact urticaria due to adigraf, a PVC-made material.
abstract: Adigraf is a plastic material applied as thin sheets that may be incised and are used, also by children, to produce artistic drawing. The principal component of adigraf is polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate is added as a plasticizer. Herein we describe a case of a 14-year-old boy with facial angioedema and widespread urticaria, occurring 1h after contact with an adigraf sheet. Open patch-test with adigraf sheet showed swelling of the application site and widespread urticaria. To our knowledge, there are no similar reports of urticaria and angioedema from adigraf or similar PCV items.
authors.affiliation: Division and School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Minciullo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patafi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferlazzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saija
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cristani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gangemi