Allergic contact dermatitis to phenoxyethanol: A rare, but possible cause of hand dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis. 2022 Apr;86(4):319-320. doi: 10.1111/cod.14029. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Authors

Michaela Kolodziej¹, Alexander Kiewert¹, Christoph Skudlik^{1

2}, Richard Brans^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatologic Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at the University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.
² Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.

PMID: 34921565
DOI: 10.1111/cod.14029

No abstract available

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol; CAS no. 122-99-6; allergic contact dermatitis; case report; cosmetics; hand eczema; occupational; preservative.

MeSH terms

Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* / complications
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* / etiology
Dermatitis, Occupational* / complications
Dermatitis, Occupational* / etiology
Eczema* / etiology
Ethylene Glycols
Hand Dermatoses* / chemically induced
Hand Dermatoses* / diagnosis
Humans
Patch Tests / adverse effects

Substances

Ethylene Glycols
phenoxyethanol