CONTACT ALLERGY TO 2-HYDROXY-5-TERT-BUTYL BENZYLALCOHOL AND 2,6-BIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)-4-TERT-BUTYLPHENOL, COMPONENTS OF A PHENOLIC RESIN USED IN MARKING PENS

Authors
HAGDRUP H EGSGAARD H CARLSEN L ANDERSEN KE
Citation
H. Hagdrup et al., CONTACT ALLERGY TO 2-HYDROXY-5-TERT-BUTYL BENZYLALCOHOL AND 2,6-BIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)-4-TERT-BUTYLPHENOL, COMPONENTS OF A PHENOLIC RESIN USED IN MARKING PENS, Contact dermatitis, 31(3), 1994, pp. 154-156
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Allergy,"Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Contact dermatitis → ACNP
ISSN journal
01051873
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
154 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0105-1873(1994)31:3<154:CAT2BA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
2-hydroxy-5-tert-butyl benzylalcohol and 2,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4-tert -butylphenol were identified as contact allergens in a phenolic resin used as a tackifier in the ink of a marking pen, which, after being us ed directly on the skin, caused an acute contact dermatitis on the han d of a 13-year-old boy. The patient also reacted to 4-tert-butylphenol -formaldehyde resin (BPF resin) 1% pet. included in the European stand ard series.