title: [A case of allergy due to the use of an egg yolk vehicle in artificial insemination].
abstract: A case of allergy resulting from the employment of citrated homogenized egg yolk in homologous insemination is reported. The allergen was identified with the presence of egg yolk in the insemination vehicle. The various primary and secondary causes of the syndrome are discussed and the medical therapy used is described. It is suggested that intradermal skin reaction test be carried out with the individual components of the vehicle before artificial insemination with egg yolk-based vehicles is performed.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Ostetrico-Ginecologico Sant'Anna-Torino, Divisione Ostetrico-Ginecologica.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cacciari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021181:Egg Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D004530:Egg Yolk / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*