A 13-year-old girl developed contact dermatitis to haloprogin (Halotex) cream. Patch tests incriminated ethyl sebacata, a solubilizer, as the allergen. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of contact dermatitis attributable to this substance.
A R Berlin, O F Miller. Allergic contact dermatitis from ethyl sebacata in haloprogin cream. Archives of dermatology. 1976 Nov;112(11):1563-4
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