An uncommon urticaria


https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2007.5.13
Vol. 3 No. 5 (2007)
Submitted: 17 February 2013
Accepted: 17 February 2013
Published: 18 October 2007
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  • Olivo Bertolo
    lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
    DEA, Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza. Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, .
  • Piero Risucci DEA, Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza. Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, .
  • Cristina Pollet DEA, Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza. Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, .
  • Antonio Sechi DEA, Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza. Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, .
We report the case of a 57 year old woman who developed headache, nausea, palpitation, tachycardia and hypotensione 30 minutes after eating spoiled tuna. A detailed food history and clinical exclusion helped to confirm a suspected diagnosis of scombroid poisining. The sign, symptoms, pathophysiology and management of poisoning from spoiled scombroid fish are discussed. The patient doesn’t recovered in hospital, but she remained in Emergency Department for some hours under the medical observation; it was necessary for confirm the diagnosis and procure the therapy.

Bertolo, O., Risucci, P., Pollet, C., & Sechi, A. (2007). An uncommon urticaria. Emergency Care Journal, 3(5), 13–17. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2007.5.13

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