Chicken Meat Anaphylaxis in a Child with No Allergies to Eggs or Feathers

Poultry meat is very popular in today’s healthy diet. Despite the fact that chicken meat is widely consumed, allergy to chicken meat is rarely reported[1]. However, we present here a case of a child with chicken meat anaphylaxis, yet who has experienced no allergies to eggs or to feathers. A fifteen-year-old male patient with a personal history of chicken meat allergy was referred to our clinic. Aged seven, he experienced angioedema of the lips, redness of the face and trunk, itching eyes, and hoarseness five minutes after he ate chicken meat. His symptoms gradually resolved without admission to hospital. Subsequently, he did not consume any chicken meat until last year (2013), when he reported nasal itching and irritability while passing by restaurants serving chicken doner kebab. Last year, he also reported similar complaints after consuming chicken wings. He was admitted to a public hospital where symptomatic treatment was given. He was advised not to eat chicken meat and continued to display similar symptoms whenever he failed to comply with the diet and did consume it. He never ate turkey, duck, or goose, and was tolerant to eggs. He had no physical contact with birds.