[Acute eosinophilic pneumonia due to hypersensitivity to carbamazepine]

Rev Mal Respir. 1998 Dec;15(6):797-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report a case of hypersensitivity to carbamazepine presenting as an acute eosinophilic pneumonia and a probable hypersensitivity myopericarditis in a 54-year-old patient treated with carbamazepine for three weeks. Treatment consisted of stopping the carbamazepine and in prolonged corticosteroid therapy. The features of the hypersensitivity syndrome to carbamazepine are mentioned as well as the different pulmonary disorders attributable to carbamazepine.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Anticonvulsants / adverse effects*
  • Carbamazepine / adverse effects*
  • Drug Hypersensitivity*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericarditis / chemically induced
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / chemically induced*
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / therapy

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Carbamazepine