Olanzapine-induced tender pitting pre-tibial edema

Antipsychotic-induced edema is uncommonly encountered in clinical practice. We report a case of tender pitting pre-tibial edema with olanzapine in a woman with no medical comorbidities. The peculiar distribution of edema resulted in diagnostic confusion necessitating specific investigations. Eventua...

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Autores principales: Mathan, Kaliaperumal, Muthukrishnan, Venkatesan, Menon, Vikas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969664
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.155494
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description Antipsychotic-induced edema is uncommonly encountered in clinical practice. We report a case of tender pitting pre-tibial edema with olanzapine in a woman with no medical comorbidities. The peculiar distribution of edema resulted in diagnostic confusion necessitating specific investigations. Eventually, the edema resolved following complete stoppage of the drug, but caused distress to the patient and the caregiver.
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spelling pubmed-44192452015-05-12 Olanzapine-induced tender pitting pre-tibial edema Mathan, Kaliaperumal Muthukrishnan, Venkatesan Menon, Vikas J Pharmacol Pharmacother Case Report Antipsychotic-induced edema is uncommonly encountered in clinical practice. We report a case of tender pitting pre-tibial edema with olanzapine in a woman with no medical comorbidities. The peculiar distribution of edema resulted in diagnostic confusion necessitating specific investigations. Eventually, the edema resolved following complete stoppage of the drug, but caused distress to the patient and the caregiver. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4419245/ /pubmed/25969664 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.155494 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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