Contact allergy to 'caines' caused by anti-hemorrhoidal ointments

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06136.x

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Wiley InterScience

Contact Dermatitis

Volume 41 Issue 4, Pages 221 - 222

Published Online: 14 Feb 2007

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Contact allergy to 'caines' caused by anti-hemorrhoidal ointments

A. Lodi ¹ M. Ambonati ¹ A. Coassini ¹ Z. Kouhdari ¹ M. Palvarini ¹ C. Crosti ¹

¹ Clinica Dermatologica IV, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale San Paolo, Via A. Di Rudini 8, 20142 Milano, Italy

KEYWORDS

allergic contact dermatitis • anti-hemorrhoidal ointments • benzocaine • adverse drug reaction • local anesthetics • lidocaine • lignocaine • tetracaine • amethocaine • dibucaine • cinchocaine • medicaments • patch testing technique