TY - JOUR

T1 - Occupational allergic contact dermatitis due to cobalt from a metal nut

AU - Botvid, Sofia

AU - Ahrensbøll-Friis, Ulrik

AU - Johansen, Jeanne Duus

AU - Schwensen, Jakob Ferløv

N1 - Funding Information: We would like to thank the patient for letting us share his story, patch test results, and clinical pictures.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - Cobalt is a shiny silvery metal known for its hardness, wear-resistance and ability to create hard metal.1, 2 The prevalence of allergic contact dermatitis to cobalt is 1%–4% among the general population and 4%–11% among dermatitis patients.1 Several occupational groups, such as healthcare workers, electronics, construction and hard metal industry workers, are especially exposed and affected.1, 3 We present a rare case of occupational allergic contact dermatitis to cobalt due to direct skin exposure to a metal nut.

AB - Cobalt is a shiny silvery metal known for its hardness, wear-resistance and ability to create hard metal.1, 2 The prevalence of allergic contact dermatitis to cobalt is 1%–4% among the general population and 4%–11% among dermatitis patients.1 Several occupational groups, such as healthcare workers, electronics, construction and hard metal industry workers, are especially exposed and affected.1, 3 We present a rare case of occupational allergic contact dermatitis to cobalt due to direct skin exposure to a metal nut.

KW - allergic contact dermatitis

KW - case report

KW - cobalt

KW - contact allergy

KW - metals

KW - occupational dermatitis

KW - spot test

KW - XRF

U2 - 10.1111/cod.14449

DO - 10.1111/cod.14449

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 37875388

AN - SCOPUS:85174602554

VL - 90

SP - 184

EP - 186

JO - Contact Dermatitis. Supplement

JF - Contact Dermatitis. Supplement

SN - 1396-6669

IS - 2

ER -