[Probable hypersensitivity reaction to parenteral nutrition: report of a case]

Nutr Hosp. 2005 May-Jun;20(3):228-31.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A probable case of hypersensitivity reaction to Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) in a 55 years old patient diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma is presented. Onset of TPN infusion coincides with the time of the onset of a disseminated pruritic cutaneous eruption that repeats after a second exposure to nutrition. The likely causes of this hypersensitivity reaction are analyzed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parenteral Nutrition / adverse effects*
  • Parenteral Nutrition, Total / adverse effects*
  • Pruritus / etiology*