[Malaise with sweating induced by eye-drop. A case of iatrogenic pathology caused by diagnostic error].
BACKGROUND
Eye-drops can provoke various systemic side effects and diagnosis of an iatrogenic pathology can made difficult. Observation For 4 months, and 80 year-old man had experienced severe recurrent episodes of sweating concomitant with shaking of the legs. Alpha stimulating eye-drops, prescribed for his glaucoma, were at the origin of these problems. On withdrawal of the latter, the symptoms regressed.


CONCLUSIONS
Diagnosis of an iatrogenic pathology was made after 3 months of medical explorations. The delay in diagnosis was prolonged because the patient had not mentioned the use of an active ingredient, since it was in the form of eye-drops.


CONCLUSIONS
The search for drug-induced causes must be systematic when faced with any unexplained symptom and must include all the active ingredients, whatever their form of administration.
Carreiro
M
M
Service de médecine interne, CHU Toulouse, Hôpital de Rangueil-Larrey, Toulouse (31). lescarreiro@aol.com
Vallat
D
D
Vidal
M
M
Margarit-Coll
N
N
Sailler
L
L
Gaston
F G
FG
Ollier
S
S
Arlet
P
P
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D013546:Sweating
D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions
Malaises avec sueurs dus à un collyre. Un cas d'errance diagnostique due à une pathologie iatrogène.