The skin is one of the target organs that are most often involved in food hypersensitivity reactions. Clinical manifestations of food hypersensitivity in the skin range from symptoms of atopic dermatitis, urticaria, angioedema to dermatitis herpetiformis, and a masquerader of food allergy, the Frey’s syndrome. All present with typical skin manifestations of their foodallergic reactions. Three c...

BACKGROUND Cupressaceae pollen allergy is a worldwide winter pollinosis. Exposure to cypress pollen has increased enormously during recent decades, and cypress pollen allergy has become a major health problem, especially in Mediterranean countries. OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of cypress pollen sensitization and allergy in the Montpellier area and the symptoms presented by s...

BACKGROUND Current statistics show that approximately 10% of patients claim to be allergic to penicillin yet only 10% of these have demonstrable allergy. The most appropriate and cost-effective antibiotics are sometimes withheld on the basis of patient history of drug allergy. OBJECTIVE Investigation of IgE hypersensitivity and delayed hypersensitivity in patients with a history of penicillin...

BACKGROUND Alergológica-2005 is a cross-sectional study carried out in Spain in 4991 new patients prospectively recruited in allergy clinics. OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of food allergic patients included in Alergológica-2005. RESULTS Food allergy was diagnosed in 369 subjects (7.4%, 95% CI, 6.7%-8.1%). The most common offending foods were fruits (33.3% of cases), nuts (26%), ...

A ranula is a mucus retention cyst or pseudocyst caused by leakage of mucus from the sublingual gland and generally occurs in the oral floor. In addition, drug induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) is a rare but well-recognized serious adverse effect characterized by fever, skin rashes, generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatitis, and hepatosplenomegaly and oral stomatitis. This paper presents th...

Context: Stainless Steel Crowns (SSC) are stable and durable restorations a valuable technique in repairing deciduous teeth with extensive caries. Nickel chromium the main composing elements of SSCs, i.e. released oral environment; they can cause allergic reactions, especially nickel-sensitive children. The symptoms these reactions include gingival edema loss alveolar bone. Evidence Acquisition...

PURPOSE To evaluate the frequency of banana sensitization and allergy among a group of atopic Egyptian children in relation to parental/self reports. METHODS This is a case-control study included 2 groups of allergic children with and without history of banana allergy, each included 40 patients. They were subjected to skin prick test (SPT) using commercial banana allergen extract and prick-pr...

Rosaceae fruit allergy is the most common food allergy in Europe in patients over 5 years of age. The two fruits most frequently involved are peach and apple. Different clinical phenotypes of peach allergy are observed across Europe in relation to different allergen sensitisation patterns to the peach allergens Pru p1 (Bet v 1 homologue), Pru p 3 (peach lipid transfer protein, LTP), and Pru p 4...

INTRODUCTION T diagnosis of food allergy can be challenging and many conditions can mimic food allergy. It is imperative to differentiate true food allergy from the ‘mimics’ of food allergy, particularly in children eliminating multiple foods from their diet. This case report describes a child with features of Auriculotemporal (Frey’s) syndrome, posing as multiple food allergies. The child was ...