Occupational scleroderma-like disorder occurring in men engaged in the polymerization of epoxy resins

Dermatologica. 1980;161(1):33-44. doi: 10.1159/000250328.

Abstract

A new occupational disorder characterized by skin sclerosis is described. This disease developed acutely in workmen exposed to the vapor of epoxy resins. Based on animal experiments, an amine [bis(4-amino-3-methyl-cyclohexyl) methane] is suspected of being the causative agent of the skin sclerosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cyclohexylamines / toxicity
  • Epoxy Resins / toxicity*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Occupational Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Polymers
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / chemically induced*
  • Sclerosis
  • Skin / pathology
  • Vinyl Chloride / toxicity

Substances

  • Cyclohexylamines
  • Epoxy Resins
  • Polymers
  • Vinyl Chloride