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Myocarditis due to oral flurbiprofen use
- Source :
- The American journal of emergency medicine. 27(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- We report a 23-year-old man presenting with chest pain. He denoted skin eruptions on his hands, lips, mouth, and penis 24 to 36 hours after he had taken flurbiprofen 10 days ago. Detailed examination showed an ulcerated, pitching lesion with a dimension of approximately 2x2 cm on his penis; however, other explained skin lesions were ameliorated. ST elevations were present in the electrocardiogram. Cardiac biomarkers gradually rose. The scintigraphy showed myocardial hypoperfusion in the inferoseptal wall. This phenomenon is a rare case of myocarditis due to hypersensitivity reaction. In the case of nonspecific angina pectoris accompanied by electrocardiogram changes, drug-induced myocarditis must hold a place in differential diagnoses.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Myocarditis
Flurbiprofen
Administration, Oral
Chest pain
Scintigraphy
Angina
Lesion
Drug Hypersensitivity
Young Adult
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Hypersensitivity reaction
medicine.anatomical_structure
Emergency Medicine
Cardiology
medicine.symptom
business
Penis
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15328171
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American journal of emergency medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....89827534774ece63fc7bcdbe22f5018d