Pseudomembranous colitis in a patient with lamotrigine-induced drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome

Pseudomembranous colitis in a patient with lamotrigine-induced drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a hypersensitivity reaction with rash, fever and multiorgan dysfunction potentially lethal in up to 10% of cases. It often affects liver function, but it can also affect kidney, lungs, and heart. Severe gastrointestinal involv...

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Main Authors: Manuel Soria Orozco, Eduardo Martín Nares, Alvaro López Iñiguez, Sandra Gónzalez Saldaña, Lorena Valerdi Contreras, Jair Abdiel Toro Guerrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Series:Gastroenterology Insights
Subjects:
DRESS syndrome
multiorgan involvement
pseudomembranous colitis
lamotrigine
anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/gi/article/view/6491

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