title: Novel finding of carbamazepine induced gall bladder granulomatous vasculitis.
abstract: We report a 63-year-old male patient who presented with eosinophilic granulomatous vasculitis of the gall bladder secondary to carbamazepine drug therapy. Following commencement of carbamazepine for treatment of partial seizures, the patient developed an allergic cutaneous drug rash. He continued to take carbamazepine postdischarge despite cessation by the treating team. He represented 7 weeks later with acute pancreatitis and cholecystis. Gall bladder histopathology showed a granulomatous vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D063926:Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine
keywords: carbamazepine; cholecystitis; eosinophilia; gall bladder; vasculitis