Allergic contact dermatitis from phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride: cross-sensitivity to some related haloalkylamine...

Contact dermatitis from phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride occurred in a woman laboratory technician. Sensitization to this chemical was produced in guinea-pigs. Cross-sensitivity to related compounds may be due to the chloroethylamine moiety of the molecule. No cross-sensitivity was observed to the dichlorodiethylamine compound, nitrogen mustard.