PMID: 9162175Feb 1, 1997Paper

Does the pork/cat syndrome constitute a predisposition to heparin allergy?

Allergie et immunologie
M DrouetA Sabbah

Abstract

Observations are reported of two heparin-allergic patients (in one case, urticaria and in the other urticaria and asthma). These two patients show a curious association of the pork/cat syndrome, previously described (1, 2), that is an association of sensitivity to cat epithelia and pork meat. Since the heparins used nowadays are of porcine origin, the question is raised of a possible causal link that may exist between these 2 allergies. It seems that the possibility of association of these two allergies is much more likely than chance encounter.

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