Case Report
28 May 2014 / 17 April 2024 by almaware
We report the case of a 46-year-old woman who treated her hair with a homemade egg-white based mask. After one year of weekly applications, the ingestion of egg triggered rhinitis, choking and systemic urticaria. Though the breakdown of oral tolerance to egg has been reported elsewhere in the literature, to the best of our knowledge, […]
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This study reports an unusual case of anaphylaxis induced by tomato. Inhibition studies carried out in-vitro showed the complete cross-reactivity between the relevant tomato allergen and purified peach lipid transfer protein (LTP). Tomato LTP may sometimes cause severe allergic reactions.
Background: Food-dependent-exercise-induced anaphylaxis (FDEIA) is characterized by anaphylactic symptoms after exercise following ingestion of food. We present a case of FDEIA induced by Rosacee fruits showing some diagnostic problems. Material and methods: A 12 years-old boy with seasonal allergy to olive and cypressus pollens, experienced two distinct episodes of FDEIA, grade 4 and 3 of […]
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Background: Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) with a high-dose 6-grass pollen SingleDose preparation was shown to be effective and safe in a 2-year randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Objective: We evaluated the effect of the third year of SLIT in comparison to the second year. Methods: 46 grass pollen-allergic patients who had received active treatment for 3 consecutive […]
Original Article
Objective: We evaluated, by means of a multicentre, prospective observational trial, the severity in term of symptoms and symptomatic drugs use and the presence of asthma in subjects with tree or cypress or olive, or ragweed or parietaria allergy and we evaluated also the efficacy of a consecutive 2-year specific sublingual immunotherapy treatment. Patients and […]
Review
The role of allergen-specific immunotherapy in asthma (AIT) is still a matter of debate. Actually, many controlled clinical trials have proved efficacy and safety of AIT in asthma, and some published meta-analyses, despite some methodological weaknesses, have confirmed these findings, the most recent and convincing being a meta analysis on injection AIT studies. For sublingual […]
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Knuckle pads is a syndrome characterized by the presence of multiple nodules located on the extensor side of the interphalangeal or metacarpophalangeal joints. Several conditions can be confused with Knuckle pads. We describe a case of a 47-years-old man who developed multiple bilateral roundish nodules located in the skin over the dorsal and lateral interphalangeal […]
We report the case of a 62-year old man who presented a wheat-dependent, exerciseinduced anaphylaxis(WDEIA).The case illustrates the usefulness of skin prick test not only with wheat extract, but also with native gliadin extract. Moreover we confirm the value of recombinant IgE dosage with rTri a 19 omega-5 gliadin in the diagnostic pathway of this […]
Delusional parasitosis (DP) or Ekbom’s syndrome is un uncommon psychiatric disorder that may represent a challenge for the allergist. DP is characterized by the fixed belief to be infested with parasites or small living creatures, although there is no medical evidence for this. The management of this condition is difficult, as patients with this paranoid […]