title: [Severe bronchial reaction induced by hydrocortisone sodium succinate in an aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patient].
abstract: This is a report of a female patient who had an anaphylaxis-like reactions to hydrocortisone sodium succinate (Saxizon). A 31-year-old female with intrinsic bronchial asthma and aspirin sensitivity was admitted to our hospital because of an episode of asthmatic attack. The patient had had episodes of dyspnea since 1976, and had been treated with oral bronchodilators and intermittent corticosteroids. After admission, she was given 100 mg of hydrocortisone sodium succinate intravenously. A few minutes later she developed severe bronchospasm and lost consciousness. An endotracheal tube was inserted and she was mechanically ventilated for 2 hours. The patient recovered after 1 hour. An inhalation challenge test with Sulpyrin was positive. When the provocation challenge test with 100 mg of hydrocortisone sodium succinate (Saxizon) injection was performed, she developed subjective and objective evidence of bronchospasm. Intradermal skin test revealed positive immediate reactions to Saxizon, Solu-cortef, Predonine. It is suggested that she had immediate hypersensitivity to hydrocortisone sodium succinate, but the mechanism of this anaphylaxis-like reaction to steroids is not certain.
authors.affiliation: Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suenaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shiratusuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uyama
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kitada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001241:Aspirin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: C007133:hydrocortisone hemisuccinate; D001241:Aspirin; D006854:Hydrocortisone