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metal allergy

Etiology: - nickel - titanium - mercury Clinical manifestations: - asthma resistant to LABA & glucocorticoids - pruritic rash in proximity of titanium pacemaket (case report) [1] Complications: - case report of allergy to titanium in cardiac pacemaker Management: - replacement of titaniun pacemaker with gold-encased one (case report) [1]

General

type 1 hypersensitivity; immediate hypersensitivity (allergy)

References

  1. Saha BK, Modi A, Beegle S Asthma From Allergy to Titanium in a Cardiac Pacemaker Ann Intern Med. 2020. March 31. PMID: 32227246 https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2763875/asthma-from-allergy-titanium-cardiac-pacemaker