Anaphylactic shock following banana ingestion.
A 15 1/2-year-old girl experienced anaphylactic shock, asthma, angioedema, and urticaria after eating a banana. Reagin-mediated hypersensitivity was demonstrated by direct skin tests, passive transfer tests, and the radioallergosorbent test.
D000293:Adolescent; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005638:Fruit / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D012882:Skin Tests