A Case of Allergic Contact Blepharoconjunctivitis due to Phenylephrine Hydrochloride

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  • フェニレフリン塩酸塩によるアレルギー性接触眼瞼結膜炎の１例
  • 症例 フェニレフリン塩酸塩によるアレルギー性接触眼瞼結膜炎の1例
  • ショウレイ フェニレフリン エンサンエン ニ ヨル アレルギーセイ セッショク ガンケン ケツマクエン ノ 1レイ

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A 59-year-old man presented with erythematous vesicular lesions on the left cheek and eyelids with conjunctival hyperemia 2 days after an operation for injury in the left eye. Contact dermatitis due to a disinfectant or eye drops was suspected. Although the erythematous lesion on the left cheek subsided with topical steroid treatment, the blepharoconjunctivitis of the left eye aggravated. Patch tests showed strongly positive reactions to Mydrin®-P (containing 0.5% tropicamide and 0.5% phenylephrine hydrochloride) and Neosynesin®(containing 5% phenylephrine hydrochloride) eye drops. Patch tests with these ingredients showed positive reactions to 0.005% phenylephrine hydrochloride. After the use of Mydrin®-P was stopped, the blepharoconjunctivitis completely resolved with the use of atropine as a mydriatic agent. The patient had received Mydrin®-P eye drops more than 15 times before the development of blepharoconjunctivitis. The repeated use of eye drops containing phenylephrine for examination probably resulted in sensitization to phenylephrine hydrochloride.

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