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Arasi S, Mastrorilli C, Pecoraro L, Giovannini M, Mori F, Barni S, Caminiti L, Castagnoli R, Liotti L, Saretta F, Marseglia GL, Novembre E. Heiner Syndrome and Milk Hypersensitivity: An Updated Overview on the Current Evidence. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13051710. [PMID: 34070007 PMCID: PMC8157832 DOI: 10.3390/nu13051710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Infants affected by Heiner syndrome (HS) display chronic upper or lower respiratory tract infections, including otitis media or pneumonia. Clinically, gastrointestinal signs and symptoms, anemia, recurrent fever and failure to thrive can be also present. Chest X-rays can show patchy infiltrates miming pneumonia. Clinical manifestations usually disappear after a milk-free diet. The pathogenetic mechanism underlying HS remains unexplained, but the formation of immune complexes and the cell-mediated reaction have been proposed. Patients usually outgrow this hypersensitivity within a few years. The aim of this review is to provide an updated overview on the current evidence on HS in children, with a critical approach on the still undefined points of this interesting disease. Finally, we propose the first structured diagnostic approach for HS.
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- Stefania Arasi
- Translational Research in Pediatric Specialities Area, Division of Allergy, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza Sant’Onofrio, 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-06-68593570
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- Pediatric Unit and Emergency, University Hospital Consortium Corporation Polyclinic of Bari, Pediatric Hospital Giovanni XXIII, 70126 Bari, Italy;
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- Department of Medicine, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy;
- Pediatric Unit, ASST Mantua, 46100 Mantua, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (M.G.); (F.M.); (S.B.)
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (M.G.); (F.M.); (S.B.)
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (M.G.); (F.M.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Human Pathology in Adult and Development Age “Gaetano Barresi”, Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, AOU Policlinico Gaetano Martino, 98158 Messina, Italy;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Clinic, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (R.C.); (G.L.M.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, AOU Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Presidio Ospedaliero di Alta Specializzazione “G. Salesi”, 60126 Ancona, Italy;
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- Pediatric Department, Latisana-Palmanova Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Clinic, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (R.C.); (G.L.M.)
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- Department of Health Science, University of Florence, 70126 Florence, Italy;
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Lee C, Lee W, Han Y, Oh S. Effect of Proteolysis with Alkaline Protease Following High Hydrostatic Pressure Treatment on IgE Binding of Buckwheat Protein. J Food Sci 2017; 82:834-839. [DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.13627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Chaeyoon Lee
- the Dept. of Food Science and Engineering; Ewha Womans Univ; Seodaemun-gu Seoul 03760 Republic of Korea
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- the Dept. of Food Science and Engineering; Ewha Womans Univ; Seodaemun-gu Seoul 03760 Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Health Center for Atopic Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine; Sungkyunkwan Univ.; Gangnam-gu Seoul 06351 Republic of Korea
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- the Dept. of Food Science and Engineering; Ewha Womans Univ; Seodaemun-gu Seoul 03760 Republic of Korea
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Badiu I, Olivieri E, Montagni M, Guida G, Mietta S, Pizzimenti S, Caminati M, Yacoub MR, Tombetti E, Preziosi D, Quecchia C, Minetti S, Facchetti S, Fassio F, Massaro I, Corradi L, Turi MC, Colagiovanni A, Pascolini L, Rossi FW, Losappio L, Sansone L, Imbesi S, Leto Barone S, Mistrello G, Heffler E. Italian study on buckwheat allergy: prevalence and clinical features of buckwheat-sensitized patients in Italy. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2014; 26:801-6. [PMID: 24067481 DOI: 10.1177/039463201302600328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Buckwheat allergy is considered a rare food allergy outside of Asia. In Europe, buckwheat has been described mainly as a hidden allergen. Data on the prevalence of buckwheat hypersensitivity in non-Asian countries is very poor. The aim of this multicenter study was to evaluate the prevalence of buckwheat sensitization and its association with other sensitizations among patients referred to allergy clinics in different geographic areas of Italy. All patients referred to 18 Italian allergy clinics from February through April 2011 were included in the study and evaluated for sensitization to buckwheat and other allergens depending on their clinical history. A total of 1,954 patients were included in the study and 61.3 percent of them were atopic. Mean prevalence of buckwheat sensitization was 3.6 percent with significant difference between Northern (4.5 percent), Central (2.2 percent) and Southern (2.8 percent) regions. This is, to our knowledge, the largest epidemiological survey on buckwheat allergy reported outside of Asia. Buckwheat is an emerging allergen in Italy, being more frequently associated to sensitization in Northern regions.
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- I Badiu
- Junior Member Group of Italian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SIAIC), Italy
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Kahraman H, Köksal N, Ozkan F. Eight Years Follow-up of a Case with Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis After Corticosteroid Therapy. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2012; 4:49-51. [PMID: 22393549 PMCID: PMC3289491 DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.92907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is characterized by recurrent episodes of alveolar hemorrhage, hemoptysis, and secondary iron deficiency anemia with unknown etiology. It generally emerges in childhood and adolescence periods but rarely found in adulthood. Definite diagnosis is established by appearing the hemosiderin-laden macrophages at sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, or open lung biopsy. We reported a male patient who was born in 1975, expectorated blood since 1995, and was diagnosed in 1998. He received many blood replacements. He admitted to our clinic in 2003 with complaints of coughing up blood, shortness of breath, and tiredness. We gave the corticosteroid therapy to patient for 6-month period. After treatment, the patient did not have any complaints. Clinicians should keep in mind that idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis may differ in localization on chest X-ray and corticosteroid treatment should be started when diagnosis is established.
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- Hasan Kahraman
- Department of Chest Diseases, Kahramanmaraş Sutcuimam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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Heffler E, Nebiolo F, Asero R, Guida G, Badiu I, Pizzimenti S, Marchese C, Amato S, Mistrello G, Canaletti F, Rolla G. Clinical manifestations, co-sensitizations, and immunoblotting profiles of buckwheat-allergic patients. Allergy 2011; 66:264-70. [PMID: 20804471 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Buckwheat allergy is a rare food allergy in Europe and North America, whereas it is often described and studied in Asia. The aim of this study was to describe a series of patients with proven buckwheat allergy evaluated in an Italian allergy clinic. Co-sensitization to other food and inhalant allergens and immunoblotting profiles of buckwheat-allergic patients were studied. METHODS Patients with suspected buckwheat allergy who attended the allergy clinic between January 1, 2006, and September 30, 2008, were evaluated. All patients underwent skin prick tests for a standard panel of inhalant and food allergens, prick-by-prick with buckwheat flour, buckwheat-specific IgE determinations, and double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) with buckwheat flour. Immunoblotting with buckwheat flour extract was performed on sera from buckwheat-allergic patients. RESULTS Among 72 patients with suspected buckwheat allergy, 30 (41.7%) were sensitized to buckwheat and 24 had a positive DBPCFC. The mean buckwheat IgE level was 6.23 kUA/l (range, 0.16 to >100 kUA/l). Several IgE-binding proteins were identified and grouped into three patterns: a 16-kDa band in patients with predominantly gastrointestinal symptoms with grass and wheat flour co-sensitization, a 25-kDa band in patients with predominantly cutaneous symptoms and a low frequency of co-sensitization, and a 40-kDa band in patients with anaphylaxis and a low frequency of co-sensitization. CONCLUSIONS Buckwheat allergy is an emerging food allergy in Italy. We identified three distinct patterns of clinical and laboratory characteristics, suggesting that specific allergens could be more frequently associated with clinical manifestations of different severity.
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- E Heffler
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Torino, ASO Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, Turin, Italy.
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Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare cause of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage with unknown etiology. In the present report, the presentations of two sisters are described: one sister had IPH, eosinophilia and a high serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) level; and the other had IPH, pneumothorax, eosinophilia and a high serum IgE level. Both cases had quite unusual presentations. The first patient was 23 years of age, and had suffered from dry cough and progressive dyspnea for four years. Her hemoglobin level was 60 g/L, total serum IgE level was 900 U/mL and eosinophilia was 9%. Her chest radiography revealed diffuse infiltration. She died due to respiratory failure. The second patient was 18 years of age. She had also suffered from dry cough and gradually increasing dyspnea for two years. She had partial pneumothorax in the right lung and diffuse infiltration in other pulmonary fields on chest radiography. Her hemoglobin level was 99 g/L, total serum IgE level was 1200 U/mL and eosinophilia was 8%. IPH was diagnosed by open lung biopsy. All these findings suggested that familial or allergic factors, as well as immunological factors, might have contributed to the etiology of IPH.
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Spergel JM. Nonimmunoglobulin e-mediated immune reactions to foods. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2006; 2:78-85. [PMID: 20525161 PMCID: PMC2876187 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-2-2-78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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: Adverse food reactions are abnormal responses to ingested foods. Reactions vary from immunologic to nonimmunologic immune reactions and can be either immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated or non-IgE mediated. Food-induced IgE-mediated reactions range from localized urticaria to anaphylaxis and have been well studied. However, in comparison, there has been significantly less research into non-IgE-mediated food reactions. Non-IgE-mediated reactions can cause respiratory, gastrointestinal, and cutaneous symptoms. The most recent evidence suggests that these reactions are probably T-cell mediated as evidenced in lymphocyte proliferation assays. This review will explore the symptoms and testing methods of the most common non-IgE-mediated reactions.
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- Jonathan M Spergel
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Lutfi SA, Abdullah MA, Abumelha A, al Bakry L, Coode P. Pulmonary haemosiderosis in Saudi children: report of two cases and review of the literature. ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS 2000; 20:153-9. [PMID: 10945068 DOI: 10.1080/02724936.2000.11748126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Two children with idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis are reported. These are the first cases of this disease from Saudi Arabia and highlight the diagnostic problem caused by their presentation as cases of iron deficiency anaemia. The aetiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management are discussed. The attention of paediatricians is drawn to this relatively rare cause of iron deficiency anaemia.
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- S A Lutfi
- Department of Pediatrics, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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