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Food Allergy to Sheep’s Milk Proteins with Cow’s Milk Tolerance in an Adult Pat...
Cunha, Inês Machado; Pinto, Ana Raquel; Bartolomé, Borja; Falcão, HelenaN/a.; N/a.
Recurrent neck swelling after iodinated contrast media administration
Cunha, Inês Machado; Maganinho, Pedro; Marques, Maria Luís; Amorim, João Pinheiro; Gomes, EvaA 74-year-old male with an abdominal aortic aneurism reported 2 episodes of neck swelling 16 hours after an abdominal CT with iodinated contrast media that reappeared in a subsequent CT, although the use of pre-medication. The tests used to exclude the hypersensitivity hypothesis where negative and once a new CT where needed we decided to do it with close monitoring. We performed a facial picture and cervical u...
Chronic spontaneous urticaria in pediatric age
Cunha, Inês Machado; Gomes, Eva RebeloIntroduction: Chronic spontaneous urticaria is characterized by emergence of pruritic maculopapular cutaneous lesions recurring for more than six weeks, without known triggering factor. Association with autoimmunity is sometimes present, with urticaria preceding the onset of autoimmune disease. Clinical case: A five-year-old female with a personal history of allergic asthma and family history of thyroid disease...
Anaphylaxis in pediatric age: an overview
Marques, Maria Luís; Gouveia, Joana; Cunha, Inês Machado; Gomes, Eva RebeloAnaphylaxis is defined as an acute severe, life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction. The condition’s real prevalence and incidence are difficult to estimate, but seem to be increasing, particularly in children. Anaphylaxis clinical presentation varies according to age and other individual factors. Although consensual clinical criteria exist, including in pediatric age, diagnosis can be challenging. Food aller...
Anaphylaxis in pediatric age: an overview
Marques, Maria Luís; Gouveia, Joana; Cunha, Inês Machado; Gomes, Eva RebeloAnaphylaxis is defined as an acute severe, life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction. The condition’s real prevalence and incidence are difficult to estimate, but seem to be increasing, particularly in children. Anaphylaxis clinical presentation varies according to age and other individual factors. Although consensual clinical criteria exist, including in pediatric age, diagnosis can be challenging. Food aller...
Anaphylaxis to Agaricus bisporus ingestion
Cunha, Inês Machado; Marques, Maria Luís; Abreu, Carmo; Bartolomé, Borja; gomes, EvaA 33-year-old male with house dust mite allergic rhinitis and asthma reported an episode of facial and lip angioedema, dyspnea, cough and dysphagia at the age of 25, minutes after eating a mushroom ( Agaricus bisporus ) pizza. He denied any drug intake, hymenoptera stings or other possible triggers, and no identifiable cofactors were present. Since then he avoided all types of mushrooms, however an accidental c...