Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient

Eosinophilic cystitis (EC) is a rare inflammatory disorder. We herein report a case of EC in an asthmatic female patient who had a recent exacerbation with none known allergen. She was administered montelukast sodium orally for four weeks and received complete remission. This medication was successf...

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Autores principales: Yu, Shicheng, Zhang, Zhigen, Li, Gonghui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publicaitons 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3858941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353737
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description Eosinophilic cystitis (EC) is a rare inflammatory disorder. We herein report a case of EC in an asthmatic female patient who had a recent exacerbation with none known allergen. She was administered montelukast sodium orally for four weeks and received complete remission. This medication was successfully discontinued after a three-month follow up period. This case report about successful treatment of an adult EC patient using montelukast sodium may provide a new option for EC patients with allergic history.
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spelling pubmed-38589412013-12-18 Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient Yu, Shicheng Zhang, Zhigen Li, Gonghui Pak J Med Sci Case Report Eosinophilic cystitis (EC) is a rare inflammatory disorder. We herein report a case of EC in an asthmatic female patient who had a recent exacerbation with none known allergen. She was administered montelukast sodium orally for four weeks and received complete remission. This medication was successfully discontinued after a three-month follow up period. This case report about successful treatment of an adult EC patient using montelukast sodium may provide a new option for EC patients with allergic history. Professional Medical Publicaitons 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3858941/ /pubmed/24353737 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Yu, Shicheng
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Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient
title Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient
title_full Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient
title_fullStr Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient
title_full_unstemmed Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient
title_short Montelukast as a Successful Treatment for Eosinophilic Cystitis in an Asthmatic Woman Patient
title_sort montelukast as a successful treatment for eosinophilic cystitis in an asthmatic woman patient
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