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Query: UMLS:C0042109 (
urticaria
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There are many causes of
urticaria
, which may vary from infections to malignancy. Among the infections, infestations by
cysticercosis
(larval stage of the tapeworm called Taenia solium) is an important cause. The present report is of forty four years old female who presented with
urticaria
and swelling on face. The swelling was later diagnosed as
cysticercosis
by noninvasive ultrasonography. The
urticaria
subsided after the treatment of
cysticercosis
. We report this case for rarity of its presentation.
...
PMID:A rare manifestation of cysticercosis infestation. 2476 Aug 10
The tapeworm
Taenia
(
T.
)
solium
can be responsible for two different conditions: taeniasis and
cysticercosis
. Helminth infections in human host cause an immune response associated with elevated levels of IgE, tissue eosinophilia and mastocytosis, and with the presence of CD4+ T cells that preferentially produce IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13. Individuals exposed to helminth infections may have allergic inflammatory responses to parasites and parasite antigens. PubMed search of human cases of allergic reactions occurring during
T. solium
infestation was performed combining the terms (allergy,
urticaria
, angioedema, asthma, anaphylaxis) with
T. solium
. A study was considered eligible for inclusion in the review if it reported data on patients with
T. solium
infestation who had signs or symptoms of allergy. In literature we found six articles reporting the association between an allergic reaction and
T. solium
infestation: two cases of
urticaria
, two cases of relapsing angioedema, one case of asthma and two cases of anaphylaxis. Despite the large diffusion of
T. solium
infestation, we found only a few cases of concomitant allergic reaction and the presence of Taenia in the host. The association between
T. solium
infestation and allergic manifestations has never been clearly demonstrated, and in absence of a well-documented causality the hypotheses are merely speculative. Therefore, the association between Taenia infection and allergy needs to be thoroughly studied to better clarify if this association may really exist and which is the pathogenetic mechanism supported.
...
PMID:Different clinical allergological features of
Taenia solium
infestation. 2798 Apr 57
