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Occupational Contact Urticaria Syndrome

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Contact urticaria syndrome includes contact urticaria and protein contact dermatitis. These entities are usually found in an occupational setting, with diverse epidemiologic characteristics. It is believed that these conditions are underreported, underdiagnosed, and/or misdiagnosed. Their clinical presentation includes not only immediate urticaria and/or eczema, but also more generalized reactions. Their diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion, detailed occupational history and complementary tests, normally skin testing. The culprit agents are diverse, but include high molecular weight proteins or haptens of low molecular weight, which can be present in a myriad of products (cosmetics, plants, food, gloves, etc.). Once the culprit agent has been found, the best treatment is to avoid contact with the product and to implement preventive measures.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Mar – Institut Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain

    Ana M. Giménez-Arnau & David Pesqué

  2. Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Mar – Institut Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

    Ana M. Giménez-Arnau

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Giménez-Arnau, A.M., Pesqué, D., Maibach, H.I. (2023). Occupational Contact Urticaria Syndrome. In: Giménez-Arnau, A.M., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Handbook of Occupational Dermatoses. Updates in Clinical Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22727-1_4

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