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- Title
Contact urticaria from nickel and plastic additives (butylhydroxytoluene, oleylamide).
- Authors
Osmundsen, P E
- Abstract
In two patients urticaria was elicited by contact with nickel-containing objects. Chamber-prick test with nickel sulfate 2.5% in pet. evoked a strong urticarial reaction in both patients. In one of the patients contact with plastic articles also provoked urticaria. A 20-min patch test with several articles of plastic (polyethylene and PVC) and with butylhydroxytoluene (BHT) 1% in ethanol elicited urticarial reactions. BHT is used as an antioxidant in plastic. Furthermore, open patch test with oleylamide (amide of oleic acid) 0.1% in ethanol elicited a strong urticarial reaction in 20 min. This chemical is used as a slipping agent in plastic.
- Publication
Contact dermatitis, 1980, Vol 6, Issue 7, p452
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.1980.tb05564.x