Open AccessCase Report: Revaluation of a previously diagnosed hazelnut allergy with component resolved diagnosis (CRD)
Author(s) -
Saretta Francesca,
Perini Roberto,
Tonutti Elio,
Visentini Daniela
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-4-s2-p39
Subject(s) - medicine , provocation test , allergy , dermatology , clinical history , peanut allergy , milk allergy , pediatrics , medical prescription , outpatient clinic , food allergy , egg allergy , surgery , immunology , alternative medicine , pathology , pharmacology
We report a case of an eleven years old girl who was referred to our Allergy Outpatient Clinic for the revaluation of a hazelnut allergy. During her infancy she was successfully desensitised to milk and egg. Afterward she had been followed by another Allergy Unit where, according to skin prick test and specific IgE dosage, it had been suggested to strictly avoid peanut and all treenuts, although clinical history was not suggestive of treenuts allergy. She was also provided with an auto-injectable adrenaline, due to the high risk of severe reactions to treenuts. No oral provocation test was performed to validate diagnosis and adrenaline prescription.