title: Housewives with raw potato-induced bronchial asthma.
abstract: Allergy to white potato has rarely been described. We report two cases of atopic patients, housewives, in whom peeling raw potatoes precipitated rhinoconjunctivitis and asthmatic attacks, and, in one of them, contact urticaria. Type I hypersensitivity to raw potato antigens was demonstrated by means of immediate skin test reactivity, specific IgE determination by RAST, basophil degranulation, histamine release test and an immediate bronchial provocation test response to raw potato extract. The controls did not react to any of these tests. Potato allergenic constituent is currently being investigated but, as far as we know, it is heat-labile and has an MW of more than 10 Kd.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Alergia e Inmunología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quirce
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Díez Gómez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hinojosa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuevas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ureña
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rivas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puyana
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cuesta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Losada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D008875:Middle Aged; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000209:etiology; D012882:Skin Tests; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D007073:Immunoglobulin E