Topical corticosteroids are frequently recognised as a cause of allergic contact dermatitis but in only few cases the administration of intranasal corticosteroids has been reported as the cause of systemic allergic reaction.1--6 A 34-year-old non-atopic woman started treatment with nasal budesonide for a common cold. On the second day of treatment the patient developed, 8 h after the administra...

the manubrio-sternal and sternoclavicular joints possess synovium,3'4 extension of synovial disease from adjacent costochondral joints, degenerative processes or trauma. Histological and microradiographic analysis has indicated active inflammation of the articulation in some patients and the absence of inflammation and presence offibrous replacement in others.5 Pathological problems with clinic...

Pseudo-allergic reactions may result from the activation of inflammatory or anaphylactic mechanisms independent of antigen-specific immune responses. Recent statistics show that pseudo-allergic reactions may represent as high as two thirds of all immediate hypersensitivity reactions, implying a great amount of morbidity and numerous health care costs. In this review, we concentrate on agents me...

Peanut allergy is increasing Food allergy has a huge impact on Quality of Life for the patients and their families. Allergy is seldom reported as emergencies from Commercial Airlines but many peanut allergic patients’ reports symptoms during air flight by ingestion of peanuts but mostly by inhalation. Many peanut allergic patients avoid travelling by airplane. The risk for reaction is controver...

BACKGROUND Egg and/or soy allergy are often cited as contraindications to propofol administration. Our aim was to determine whether children with an immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated egg and/or soy allergy had an allergic reaction after propofol use. METHODS We performed a retrospective case review over an 11-year period (1999-2010) of children with IgE-mediated egg and/or soy allergy who had pro...

allergic fungal sinusitis (afs) has been clinicopathologically defined as a noninvasive form of fungal infection. this study was designed to distinguish afs among patients with chronic sinusitis who failed to respond to repeated courses of antibiotics and were therefore candidates for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess) in sari. allergic mucin and sinus lavage was collected during fess f...

Three patients with sensitivity to an intravenous anaesthetic-thiopentone, propanidid, and Althesin (alphadolone and alphaxalone)-are described. In the cases of thiopentone and Althesin the reaction was characterized by cardiovascular collapse, while bronchospasm also occurred with thiopentone. The reaction to propanidid was a direct skin sensitivity. All patients had a personal or family histo...