A case of contact urticaria due to adigraf, a PVC-made material

P L Minciullo; M Patafi; B Ferlazzo; A Saija; M Cristani; S Gangemi

doi:10.1016/j.etap.2005.01.004

A case of contact urticaria due to adigraf, a PVC-made material

Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2005 Sep;20(2):381-2. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2005.01.004. Epub 2005 Feb 25.

Authors

P L Minciullo¹, M Patafi, B Ferlazzo, A Saija, M Cristani, S Gangemi

Affiliation

¹ Division and School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Italy.

PMID: 21783615
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2005.01.004

Abstract

Adigraf is a plastic material applied as thin sheets that may be incised and are used, also by children, to produce artistic drawing. The principal component of adigraf is polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate is added as a plasticizer. Herein we describe a case of a 14-year-old boy with facial angioedema and widespread urticaria, occurring 1h after contact with an adigraf sheet. Open patch-test with adigraf sheet showed swelling of the application site and widespread urticaria. To our knowledge, there are no similar reports of urticaria and angioedema from adigraf or similar PCV items.