Formaldehyde Allergy Presenting with Anaphylaxis Due to Prolonged Immediate-Type Reaction
Hinako Masumitsu, Chiyako Oshikata, Sachiko Takaoka, Takuya Nakashima, Kaho Matsunaga, Yuka Kodama, Kosuke Terada, Yuga Yamashita, Atsushi Miyasaka, Tatsuya Muraoka, Nami Masumoto, Takeshi Kaneko, Naomi Tsurikisawa · 2026
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Description
Hinako Masumitsu and colleagues unmask a dental material as the hidden trigger behind a woman's repeated allergic crises. Formaldehyde hides in root canal agents, and this thirty-six-year-old patient had asthma and gut allergies muddying the picture. Her 2026 case report tracks eight years of symptoms blamed on the wrong things.
Episodes after dental work grew into swelling, hives, breathlessness, and blackouts, classic anaphylaxis treated with epinephrine. Challenge tests cleared anesthetics, antibiotics, and painkillers one by one. Skin tests and blood antibodies finally pointed to dental products with formaldehyde. Delayed onset, the authors warn, makes this allergy easy to miss for years.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hinako Masumitsu, Chiyako Oshikata, Sachiko Takaoka, Takuya Nakashima, Kaho Matsunaga, Yuka Kodama, Kosuke Terada, Yuga Yamashita, Atsushi Miyasaka, Tatsuya Muraoka, Nami Masumoto, Takeshi Kaneko, Naomi Tsurikisawa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |