Kenya, 1982- 20 cases of aflatoxicosis described and 12 deaths. Aflatoxin was detectable at 3.2-12mg/kg in food samples. Symptoms include hepatomegaly, abdominal discomfort, anorexia, malaise, jaundice and oedema of legs, face and trunk.
Mucous containing Charcot-Leyden crystals, stained with H & EA 57 year old woman presented with breathlessness. She had a history of mild asthma for which she occasionally took salbutamol inhaler puffs. The patient underwent a pneumonectomy because of the severity of her disease process, and uncertainty about the diagnosis, prior to serology results being obtained.Serology showed an IgE of 2600, with a strongly positive Aspergillus RAST test and weakly positive Aspergillus precipitins. Material re
