Exaggerated insect bite-like reaction in patients affected by oncohaematological diseases [8]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-77

  Vassallo, Camilla ^a   Passamonti, Francesco ^a   Cananzi, Raffaello ^a   Brazzelli, Valeria ^a   Ardigò, Marco ^a   Lazzarino, Mario ^a   Borroni, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSECT BITE; LETTER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDEMA; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 13844250315     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410020412     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Weed RI. Exaggerated delayed hypersensitivity to mosquito bites in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Blood 1965; 26: 257-268.
2. Houston JG, Keene WR. Exaggerated delayed hypersensitivity to mosquito venom in association with lymphoproliferative disorders. J Fla Med Assoc 1970; 57: 15-17.
3. Rosen LB, Frank BL, Rywlin AM. A characteristic vesiculobullous eruption in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. J Am Acad Dermatol 1986; 15: 943-950.
4. Barzilai A, Shapiro D, Goldberg I, Yacob-Hirsch Y, Diaz-Cascajo C, Meytes D, et al. Insect bite-like reaction in patients with hematologic malignant neoplasms. Arch Dermatol 1999; 135: 1503-1507.
5. Reunala T, Brummer-Korvenkontio H, Lappalainen P, Rasanen L, Palosuo T. Immunology and treatment of mosquito bites. Clin Exp Allergy 1990; 20 (Suppl 4): 19-24.
6. Reunala T, Brummer-Korvenkontio H, Palosuo K, Miyanij M, Ruiz-Maldonado R, Love A, et al. Frequent occurrence of IgE and IgG4 antibodies against saliva of Aedes communis and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in children. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1994; 104: 366-371.
7. Reunala T, Brummer-Korvenkontio H, Palosuo T. Are we really allergic to mosquito bites? Ann Med 1994; 26: 301-306.