Simona Barni, Marta Vazquez-Ortiz, Mattia Giovannini, Giulia Liccioli, Lucrezia Sarti, Giulia Lascialfari, Laura Pisano, Silvia Boscia, Francesca Mori
Shellfish is defined as any edible marine invertebrate and refers to crustaceans and mollusks. Crustaceans belong to the phylum Arthropods. Mollusks belong to the phylum Mollusca. This report illustrates a rare case of a 6-year-old girl with challenge-proven acute food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) to cuttlefish (phylum Mollusca, class Cephalopoda), anaphylaxis to crustaceans (phylum Arthropoda), and tolerance to other mollusks, including clams and mussels (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia)...
April 30, 2023: Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology