New onset egg allergy in an adult
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2007
Yazarlar: M. UENSEL, Aytül Zerrin SİN, Fatma Ömür ARDENİZ, N. ERDEM, R. ERSOY, Okan GÜLBAHAR, N. METE, Ali KOKULUDAĞ
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2007, cilt 17, ss 55-58
Özet
We report newly presenting systemic and local allergic reactions to egg in a 55-year-old woman. The patient did not have a history of egg allergy in childhood or occupational exposure to egg proteins; nor did she report any disease that is known to be related to food allergy. A skin prick test with commercial extracts, prick-to-prick test, CAP radioallergosorbent assay, and a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge test were used to prove egg allergy. Because egg allergy mainly affects children and symptoms frequently disappear with age, the late onset in this patient is rare.