Background: Egg allergy is one of the most frequent food allergies in childhood while adult onset of egg allergy is a rare condition.
Case presentation: We report the case of a 30 years old man sent to our center in order to investigate gastrointestinal symptoms occurring since 2 years after egg and derivatives intake. He did not suffer from egg or other food allergies in childhood. He is an active smoker with a contact dermatitis related to nickel and mild allergic rhinoconjunctivitis to grass pollen. Skin prick test and serum specific IgE to egg were performed and revealed sensitization to egg proteins.
Conclusions: Even though IgE-mediated egg allergy affects children, this report witnesses a rare case of adult onset.
Keywords: Egg allergy; Food allergy; Ovalbumin; Ovomucoid.
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