PMID- 12000501
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021115
LR  - 20191105
IS  - 0905-6157 (Print)
IS  - 0905-6157 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 1
DP  - 2002 Feb
TI  - Anaphylactic reaction to lychee in a 12-year-old girl: cross-reactivity to latex?
PG  - 64-7
AB  - There are very few case reports on allergic reactions to lychee in the literature 
      - so far only in adults. We report on a 12-year-old girl who developed swelling 
      of lips, pruritus, generalized urticaria and dyspnea 30 min after eating a raw 
      lychee. A second event occurred after eating a piece of cake covered with a fruit 
      cocktail. All other foods were well tolerated. In infancy the girl had suffered 
      from atopic dermatitis, which disappeared in childhood; for the previous 2 yr she 
      had presented with seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. Upon oral provocation, 
      she developed restlessness, flush, generalized urticaria and inspiratory stridor 
      50 min after eating half a lychee. The diagnostic work up showed a clear positive 
      skin prick test to raw lychee and specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) in serum to 
      latex but not to lychee. In the cellular antigen stimulation test (CAST) carried 
      out with lychee extracts in several concentrations, the same positive results 
      could be found confirming an allergic reaction. Cross-reactivity of lychee to 
      latex was shown by inhibition experiments using the UniCAP 100-system. In 
      conclusion, it seems worthwhile considering the rare allergy to lychee in the 
      case of unclear food-allergic reactions and lychee should be added to the list of 
      foods cross-reacting with latex.
FAU - Niggemann, B
AU  - Niggemann B
AD  - Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, University Children's 
      Hospital, Charite of Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. 
      bodo.niggemann@charite.de
FAU - Reibel, S
AU  - Reibel S
FAU - Hipler, C
AU  - Hipler C
FAU - Wahn, U
AU  - Wahn U
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Pediatr Allergy Immunol
JT  - Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society 
      of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
JID - 9106718
SB  - IM
MH  - Anaphylaxis/chemically induced
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross Reactions/immunology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Latex Hypersensitivity/immunology
MH  - Nut Hypersensitivity/*complications/immunology
MH  - Skin Tests
EDAT- 2002/05/10 10:00
MHDA- 2002/11/26 04:00
CRDT- 2002/05/10 10:00
PHST- 2002/05/10 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/11/26 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/05/10 10:00 [entrez]
AID - pai0c032 [pii]
AID - 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2002.00032.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2002 Feb;13(1):64-7. doi: 
      10.1034/j.1399-3038.2002.00032.x.