Serum sickness from iron-dextran administration.
Hypersensitivity vasculitis occurs in response to various exogenous agents. A case of a serum sickness syndrome with cutaneous vasculitis is described in a patient given an intravenous iron-dextran infusion.
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Division of Allergy and Immunology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
D000328:Adult; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007505:Iron-Dextran Complex / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000188:drug therapy; D012713:Serum Sickness / Q000139:chemically induced*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000139:chemically induced
D007505:Iron-Dextran Complex