Allergic Sensitization to a Non-bisphenol A Epoxy of the Cycloaliphatic Class

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Abstract
This is the first report of sensitization to a cycloaliphatic epoxy. Allergic contact dermatitis occurred in an electron microscopist after exposure to the cycloaliphatic epoxy, vinyl cyclohexene diepoxide. Cycloaliphatic epoxies are not based on the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol a (DGEBA), presently the expoxy of greatest new applications in the semiconductor and aerospace industries and will likely gain in importance as a cause of occupational allergic dermatitis. Latex or polyvinyl chloride gloves did not protect the reported patient from percutaneous absorption and elicitation of allergic dermatitis.