title: [Malaise with sweating induced by eye-drop. A case of iatrogenic pathology caused by diagnostic error].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, CHU Toulouse, Hôpital de Rangueil-Larrey, Toulouse (31). lescarreiro@aol.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carreiro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vallat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Margarit-Coll
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sailler
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Gaston
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ollier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arlet
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions
vernacular_title: Malaises avec sueurs dus à un collyre. Un cas d'errance diagnostique due à une pathologie iatrogène.