Diagnostic challenge in a patient with severe pruritic rash

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015 Jan;114(1):65-7. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.10.009. Epub 2014 Nov 18.

Authors

Irena Manea¹, Elena Ailenei², Elisabeta Candrea³, Delia Dima⁴, Diana Deleanu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Allergology and Immunology Discipline, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: irena.manea@gmail.com.
² Stafford Hospital NHS Trust, Stafford, United Kingdom.
³ Allergology and Immunology Discipline, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Dermatology Clinic, Emergency County Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
⁴ Hematology Department, "Ion Chiricuţa" Cancer Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
⁵ Allergology and Immunology Discipline, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

PMID: 25457869
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.10.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Antigens, Dermatophagoides / immunology
Diagnosis, Differential
Exanthema / diagnosis*
Exanthema / genetics
Humans
Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
Hypersensitivity / genetics
Immunoglobulin E / blood
Male
Mast Cells / immunology*
Mastocytosis, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
Mastocytosis, Cutaneous / genetics
Mastocytosis, Systemic / diagnosis*
Mastocytosis, Systemic / genetics
Middle Aged
Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics
Pruritus / diagnosis*
Pruritus / genetics
Pyroglyphidae
Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha / genetics
mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors / genetics

Substances

Antigens, Dermatophagoides
Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors
Immunoglobulin E
FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion protein, human
Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha