title: Drug Reaction, Eosinophilia, and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome associated with allopurinol leading to acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis and death due to papillary muscle rupture.
authors: Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Menter
authors: Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: alexandar.tzankov@usb.ch.
authors: Alexandar
authors: A
authors: Tzankov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000493:Allopurinol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology*; D063926:Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000493:Allopurinol