title: Bronchial asthma induced by hypersensitivity to legumes.
abstract: We report the case of a 54-year-old female patient, diagnosed of nasal polyposis and intrinsic corticodependent bronchial asthma, who since a year has developed episodes of asthma when exposed to vapours from cooking some kinds of legumes (peas, chick-peas, beans, lentils) and an oral allergy syndrome with peanuts. We prepared extract with these legumes. The skin tests were clearly positive for legumes but negative for pneumoallergens. Specific IgE by CAP was strongly positive for legumes. CAP inhibition was preformed and the results show the presence of cross-reactivity among legumes.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Alergia, Servicio de Análisis Clinico, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia (Cáceres), Spain.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García Ortiz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Asunsolo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cosmes
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Duran
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000150:complications; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D017698:Postmenopause; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens