[Professional eczema of trawlermen by contact with bryozoaires in the "baie de scine" (first French cases 1975-1977) (author's transl)].

Since 1972 in the "Baie de Seine" trawlermen have been affected with a particular eczema of hands and forearms. It is caused by repeated contact with a bryozoaire, Alcyonidium gelatinosum and patch-tests are positive. A survey of 120 trawlermen in Le Havre has shown 13 cases.