Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism

Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and chemokines. Herein, we discuss a case of Kounis...

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Autores principales: Mohta, Alpana, Mohta, Alok, Mohta, Apoorv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10373806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37521219
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.idoj_507_22
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description Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and chemokines. Herein, we discuss a case of Kounis syndrome, which was brought on by loxoscelism.
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spelling pubmed-103738062023-07-28 Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism Mohta, Alpana Mohta, Alok Mohta, Apoorv Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and chemokines. Herein, we discuss a case of Kounis syndrome, which was brought on by loxoscelism. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10373806/ /pubmed/37521219 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.idoj_507_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Dermatology Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism
title Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism
title_full Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism
title_fullStr Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism
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title_short Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism
title_sort kounis syndrome: a rare case of allergic angina secondary to loxoscelism
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10373806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37521219
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.idoj_507_22
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