Skin tests and cutaneous anergy in children with ocular allergy

Purpose: To evaluate skin tests with clinical ocular allergy and to compare cutaneous hypersensitivity and seasonal allergic conjunctivitis in childre n. Case-report: A ill-year-old girl presented a typical seasonal allergic conj unctivitis, never treated and the onset occurred one year before. She was s kin tested for the allergy, Complete blood tests were also performed. An oc ular treatment was given: olopatadine over 45 days. Results: She showed a complete cutaneous anergy including histamine and cod eine controls. Radioallergosorbent tests (RAST) found numerous great positi vity to different allergens. Within 30 days under ocular treatment, she rec overed completely from symptoms and clinical signs. Conclusion: Clinical typical seasonal ocular allergy in children with cutan eous anergy should be explored further or at least treated. Cutaneous hyper sensitivity should be evaluated more precisely with a larger study comparin g results in general allergy and in ocular allergy where the anergy seems t o be more frequent.