Delayed-type hypersensitivity to amide local anesthetics

Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2004 Jul-Aug;32(4):233-4. doi: 10.1016/s0301-0546(04)79245-9.

Abstract

We present a 54-year-old woman who suffered eczematous eruptions on her face after the administration of lidocaine and mepivacaine for dental surgeries. Patch tests showed delayed-type-hypersensitivity to the amide local anesthetics lidocaine and mepivacaine with cross reaction to other amynoacylderivatives (prilocaine,bupivacaine) but not articaine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics, Local / adverse effects*
  • Bupivacaine
  • Carticaine
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Eczema / chemically induced
  • Facial Dermatoses / chemically induced
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed / chemically induced*
  • Lidocaine
  • Mepivacaine / adverse effects*
  • Mepivacaine / chemistry
  • Middle Aged
  • Prilocaine

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Prilocaine
  • Lidocaine
  • Mepivacaine
  • Carticaine
  • Bupivacaine