Contact Dermatitis to Biperiden and Photocontact Dermatitis to Phenothiazines in a Pharmacist

TORINUKI, W. Contact Dermatitis to Biperiden and Photocontact Dermatitis to Phenothiazines in a Pharmacist. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1995, 176 (4), 249-252 -A case of contact dermatitis to biperiden, an anti-Parkinson agent, and photocontact dermatitis to phenothiazines in a pharmacist was reported. The patient developed eczematous lesions on exposed area after she had worked at a psychiatric hospital for 6 months. She showed positive patch test reaction to Biperiden. In addition, she reacted positively to photopatch testing with ultraviolet A and phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine and perphenazine. To our knowledge, contact dermatitis to Biperiden has not been previously reported in the English literature.