Angioedema-like allergic contact dermatitis related to black henna

Dermatology Online Journal, 20(2), 2014

Author:

Gokalp, Hilal, Ministry of Health. Malatya Government Hospital, Malatya, Turkey;
Kaya, Kismet, Ministry of Health. Malatya Government Hospital, Malatya, Turkey

Abstract 
Allergic contact dermatitis related to para-phenylendiamine (PPD) from temporary black henna tattoos and hair dyes has become an epidemic in recent years. Several cases of adverse skin reactions to PPD have been reported in the literature. Herein, we present a case of angioedema-like allergic contact dermatitis related to hair coloring with henna.

IgG4-related disease and its pathogenesis—cross-talk between innate and acquired immunity

1. Hisanori Umehara¹,²,⁵, 
2. Akio Nakajima¹, 
3. Takuji Nakamura¹, 
4. Takafumi Kawanami¹,
5. Masao Tanaka¹, 
6. Lingli Dong³ and 
7. Mitsuhiro Kawano⁴

+Author Affiliations

1. ¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Immunology, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan
2. ² Department of Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
3. ³ Department of Hematology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
4. ⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan
5. ⁵Present address: Department of Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

1. Correspondence to: H. Umehara; E-mail: umehara606@gmail.com

• Received October 26, 2013.
• Revision received July 2, 2014.
• Accepted July 3, 2014.

Asthma incidence, remission, relapse and persistence: a population-based study in southern Taiwan

Research

Tsung-Ju Wu¹², Chang-Fu Wu¹, Yungling Leo Lee³, Tzuen-Ren Hsiue⁴ and Yue Leon Guo^15* Corresponding author: Yue L Guo leonguo@ntu.edu.tw For all author emails, please log on

Respiratory Research 2014, 15:135  doi:10.1186/s12931-014-0135-9

Published: 12 November 2014

Successful Management of Insulin Allergy and Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome Type 4 with Desensitization Therapy and Glucocorticoid Treatment: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Immunology
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 394754, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/394754

Case Report

Joselyn Rojas,1,2 Marjorie Villalobos,1,2 María Sofía Martínez,1 Mervin Chávez-Castillo,1 Wheeler Torres,1 José Carlos Mejías,1 Edgar Miquilena,1 and Valmore Bermúdez1

1Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine The University of Zulia, Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela
2Endocrinology Department, Maracaibo University Hospital (SAHUM), Maracaibo 4004, Venezuela

Received 26 August 2014; Accepted 30 October 2014; Published 19 November 2014

Academic Editor: Rajni Rani

Copyright © 2014 Joselyn Rojas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Patterns of suspected wheat-related allergy: a retrospective single-centre case note review in 156 patients

Research

Morten J Christensen, Esben Eller, Charlotte G Mortz and Carsten Bindslev-Jensen

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Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014, 4:39  doi:10.1186/2045-7022-4-39

Published: 21 November 2014

Cross-reactivity and tolerability of cephalosporins in patients with cell-mediated allergy to penicillins

Original Article

A Buonomo, E Nucera, V Pecora, A Rizzi, A Aruanno, L Pascolini, AG Ricci, A Colagiovanni, D Schiavino

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Allergy Department, Rome, Italy

J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2014; Vol. 24(5): 331-337

A novel mucosal vaccine targeting Peyer’s patch M cells induces protective antigen-specific IgA responses

• International Immunology
• Volume 26, Issue 11
• Pp. 619-625.

Hideaki Shima¹,², 

   

Takashi Watanabe³, 

   

Shinji Fukuda²,⁴, 

Shin-Ichi Fukuoka⁵,

   

Osamu Ohara³ and 

   

Hiroshi Ohno¹,²

+Author Affiliations

1. ¹ Division of Immunobiology, Graduate School of Supramolecular Biology, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
2. ² Laboratory for Intestinal Ecosystem, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
3. ³ Laboratory for Immunogenomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
4. ⁴ Gut Environmental Systems Biology, Integrated Omics, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0035, Japan
5. ⁵ Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Kanagawa, 229-8558, Japan

1. Correspondence to: H. Ohno; E-mail: ohno@rcai.riken.jp

• Received December 15, 2013.
• Accepted May 29, 2014.

Small interfering RNA against CD86 during allergen challenge blocks experimental allergic asthma

Research

Yukari Asai-Tajiri¹, Koichiro Matsumoto^1*, Satoru Fukuyama¹, Keiko Kan-o¹, Takako Nakano¹, Ken Tonai¹, Tatsukuni Ohno², Miyuki Azuma², Hiromasa Inoue¹³ and Yoichi Nakanishi¹

• *Corresponding author: Koichiro Matsumoto koichi@kokyu.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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Respiratory Research 2014, 15:132  doi:10.1186/s12931-014-0132-z

Published: 27 October 2014