Epoxy resin allergy from microscopy immersion oil

✍ Scribed by Yu-Chuan Lee; David Llewellyn Gordon; Lynette Anne Gordon

• Book ID: 104468957
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 37 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-8380
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.1999.00370.x

✦ Synopsis

SUMMARY

A bacteriology technical officer presented with episodes of burning pruritus and urticarial‐like lesions on the face and forearms. Patch testing was strongly positive for epoxy resin. The exposure was occupational to the re‐formulation of microscopy immersion oil.