Drug induced chest pain-rare but important.
Pericarditis, usually viral in origin, is an infrequent cause of chest pain. Pericarditis due to drug allergy is even less frequent and is thus rarely considered in the differential diagnosis. A case is reported of a woman who presented with severe chest pain, caused by minocycline induced pericarditis. Such allergy may be more common than reported. It is suggested that drug induced pericarditis should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain.
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Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. patrick.davey@ndm.ox.ac.uk
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008911:Minocycline / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008911:Minocycline