Ischemic bowel disease attributable to ergot.
A 50-year-old woman developed ischemic colitis temporally related to ingestion of a large dose of ergotamine tartrate. The patient did not have cardiovascular, metabolic, or inflammatory conditions predisposing to bowel ischemia. To our knowledge, this is the first patient proved to have developed bowel ischemia secondary to ergot toxicity.
D003092:Colitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D004878:Ergotamine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008875:Middle Aged
D004878:Ergotamine