[Insect allergy and sudden unexpected death]

A case of sudden unexpected death after an insect sting in a middle aged man known to be allergic to insect stings is presented. In connection with an allergic shock, many years before death occurred, he had been offered allergological investigation. If the directives in the consensus report on insect sting allergy, recently published by the Danish Association for Allergology had been followed, similar deaths and expensive visits to casualty departments could probably be reduced.