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The article presents a case study of a 24-year-old woman who is suffering from atopic dermatitis that is presented with chronic hand eczema. It details the results of the patient's patch testing which revealed an allergic reaction to sorbitan sesquioleate that was found on the vinyl rubber gloves that the patient wore when doing tasks that involves prolonged contact with water. It offers information on sorbitan sesquioleate which is considered as a weak allergen.

The article presents a case study of a 27-year-old woman who suffered from allergic contact eczema on three different occasions on using nose pads, flip-flops with rubber straps, and watch with rubber straps. A patch testing was performed with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), which concluded that the eczema was caused by drometrizole in all three cases.

A case study of 21-year-old non-atopic woman with face eczema was referred for allergy testing, is presented. It mentions patient's facial contact dermatitis caused by methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone in a stainless steel aerosol spray. It also mentions the need of legal intervention in allergic contact dermatitis caused by MCI/MI in an occupational setting.

The article presents a case study of a 68-year-old non-atopic woman was presented with recurrent perioral and lip dermatitis and oedema of the oral mucosa following dental treatments. It mention that she had been using protective rubber gloves and experienced fluctuating hand eczema with erythema and vesicles on the dorsal aspects of the hands.

The article focuses on the study related to occupational hand eczema caused by nickel allergy and semi-quantified from dimethylglyoxime testing of the skin. It mentions that nickel is an important cause of occupational allergic contact dermatitis. It states that excessive nickel exposure is shown in many occupations.

The article presents a case study of a 68-year old non-atopic man who was referred from Department of Urology due to suspected allergic skin reaction. It states that the patient had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 2 days later developed severe swelling and redness of scrotal and penile skin. It notes that patch testing was performed using extended European baseline series. It mentions that he was informed about contact allergy to cetrimide.