Captopril-induced pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia in an infant with congenital heart disease

Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Sep-Oct;26(5):690-3. doi: 10.1007/s00246-004-0863-6.

Abstract

We report a case of an infant with complex congenital heart disease who was placed on captopril for afterload reduction following cardiac surgery and subsequently developed pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia. The patient was readmitted with symptoms of rhinorrhea, poor feeding, and decreased activity level. She was found to have diffuse pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiograph and a marked peripheral eosinophilia without leukocytosis. After discontinuing captopril and starting systemic steroids, her symptomatology rapidly improved, and her eosinophilia and radiographic abnormalities both resolved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Antihypertensive Agents / adverse effects
  • Captopril / adverse effects*
  • Drug Hypersensitivity
  • Female
  • Heart Bypass, Right
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / drug therapy*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / chemically induced*
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography, Thoracic

Substances

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Captopril