Contact sensitivity to the amide anesthetics lidocaine, prilocaine, and mepivacaine. Case report and review of the literature
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 122 (8) , 924-926
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.122.8.924
Abstract
Multiple sensitivies to amide local anesthetics occurred in a 70-year-old women following dental treatment. Soft-tissue swelling of the cheek was the clinical presentation. Patch testing confirmed type IV hypersensitivity to lidocaine, prilocaine, mepivacaine, and dibucaine. We review the classification of local anesthetics and the literature relating to contact sensitivity to the amide group.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Contact allergy to lidocaineContact Dermatitis, 1979
- An approach to the patient with a history of local anesthetic hypersensitivity: Experience with 90 patientsJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1979
- Hypersensitivity to PrilocaineDermatology, 1976