Occupational Urticaria Caused by Different Platinum Group Elements ( PGEs )
case report | iridium | metals | occupational | patch test | platinum | platinum group elements | prick test | rhodium | urticariaWe report the case of a female patient who presented to the Dermatology Department at the University Hospital of Antwerp and was diagnosed with occupational urticaria attributed to occupational exposure to various platinum group elements (PGEs) via the use of prick tests and additional patch tests with immediate readings at 20, 40 and 60 min.
Authors
- Veerle Frederickx
- Silada Kanokrungsee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0837-2725)
- Ella Dendooven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3489-8010)
- Jeff Lens
- Katrien Goos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2747-5528)
- Olivier Aerts
Institutions
- Siriraj Hospital (TH)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- European External Action Service (BE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Contact Dermatitis
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cod.70247
- Primary Topic
- Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00