Penile Ulceration Secondary to Nicorandil Use

Nicorandil is a medication used for treatment and prevention of angina pectoris. Its mode of action involves both arterial and venous vasodilation. Although there are numerous known side effects, one of the more unusual, adverse reactions is ulceration of the external genitalia. This case reports th...

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Autores principales: O'Neill, Paul, Brown, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27981036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.11.008
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description Nicorandil is a medication used for treatment and prevention of angina pectoris. Its mode of action involves both arterial and venous vasodilation. Although there are numerous known side effects, one of the more unusual, adverse reactions is ulceration of the external genitalia. This case reports the finding of penile preputial ulceration secondary to the use of Nicorandil. The authors make some recommendations for management.
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spelling pubmed-51534332016-12-15 Penile Ulceration Secondary to Nicorandil Use O'Neill, Paul Brown, Robin Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Nicorandil is a medication used for treatment and prevention of angina pectoris. Its mode of action involves both arterial and venous vasodilation. Although there are numerous known side effects, one of the more unusual, adverse reactions is ulceration of the external genitalia. This case reports the finding of penile preputial ulceration secondary to the use of Nicorandil. The authors make some recommendations for management. Elsevier 2016-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5153433/ /pubmed/27981036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.11.008 Text en Crown Copyright © 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Penile Ulceration Secondary to Nicorandil Use
title Penile Ulceration Secondary to Nicorandil Use
title_full Penile Ulceration Secondary to Nicorandil Use
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title_full_unstemmed Penile Ulceration Secondary to Nicorandil Use
title_short Penile Ulceration Secondary to Nicorandil Use
title_sort penile ulceration secondary to nicorandil use
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27981036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.11.008
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