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Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans presented as a pseudoallergic food reaction
C Vidal1, E del Rio, J Suárez-Peñaranda
1Allergy Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology
|October 20, 2000
Abstract:
Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans (TMEP) is a rare form of cutaneous mastocytosis observed in less than 1% of cases of mastocytosis. Clinically, anaphylaxis may appear as a result of increased mast cell degranulation in different circumstances. A case of TMEP presented as pseudoallergic reactions to foods is reported in which the appearance of typical lesions on the trunk and their histological analysis together with a negative food allergy study confirmed the diagnosis.