[Facial and oropharyngeal angioedema in patient with alimentary fish allergy. Diagnosis and treatment].

Abstract

Vegetal or animal food can produce hipersensibility reactions IgE mediated of diverse intensity. We report the case of a 54 years old woman without previous allergic antecedents who after eating frozen fish had to go to Emergencies due to angioedema especially in face and oropharynx. The ENT exploration by fibroscopia descarted laryngeal edema but the patient showed initially respiratory symptoms so she was treated with SC adrenalina and then steroids during her admission. The diagnosis of alimentary alergia would be confirmed after by Allergology with cutaneous test prick type.

• Authors: V Pino Rivero, M Rodríguez Carmona, R J Iglesias González, F del Castillo Beneyto
• Journal: Anales otorrinolaringologicos ibero-americanos (An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am) Vol. 34 Issue 5 Pg. 459-64 ( 2007) ISSN: 0303-8874 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Angioedema facial y orofaríngeo en paciente con alergia alimentaria a pescado. Diagnóstico y tratamiento.
• PMID: 18030852 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Angioedema (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Animals
• Face
• Female
• Fishes
• Food Hypersensitivity (complications)
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Oropharynx