Kounis syndrome induced by oral intake of aspirin: case report and literature review

The Kounis-Zavras syndrome is defined as the coincidental occurrence of acute coronary events and hypersensitivity reactions following an allergic reaction including a mast-cell degranulation of vasospastic mediators. This report describes a case of Kounis-Zavras syndrome in the setting of aspirin-i...

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Autores principales: Hangouche, Abdelkader Jalil El, Lamliki, Ouiame, Oukerraj, Latifa, Dakka, Taoufiq, Doghmi, Nawal, Zarzur, Jamila, Cherti, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6320451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30637085
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.301.14948
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author Hangouche, Abdelkader Jalil El
Lamliki, Ouiame
Oukerraj, Latifa
Dakka, Taoufiq
Doghmi, Nawal
Zarzur, Jamila
Cherti, Mohammed
author_facet Hangouche, Abdelkader Jalil El
Lamliki, Ouiame
Oukerraj, Latifa
Dakka, Taoufiq
Doghmi, Nawal
Zarzur, Jamila
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description The Kounis-Zavras syndrome is defined as the coincidental occurrence of acute coronary events and hypersensitivity reactions following an allergic reaction including a mast-cell degranulation of vasospastic mediators. This report describes a case of Kounis-Zavras syndrome in the setting of aspirin-induced asthma also known as Samter-Beer triad combining nasal polyps, asthma, and aspirin allergy leading to vasospasm and myocardial infarction. All physicians should be aware of The Kounis syndrome and always keep that unique clinical entity in mind to recognize it promptly and direct the therapy at suppressing the allergic reaction.
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spelling pubmed-63204512019-01-11 Kounis syndrome induced by oral intake of aspirin: case report and literature review Hangouche, Abdelkader Jalil El Lamliki, Ouiame Oukerraj, Latifa Dakka, Taoufiq Doghmi, Nawal Zarzur, Jamila Cherti, Mohammed Pan Afr Med J Case Report The Kounis-Zavras syndrome is defined as the coincidental occurrence of acute coronary events and hypersensitivity reactions following an allergic reaction including a mast-cell degranulation of vasospastic mediators. This report describes a case of Kounis-Zavras syndrome in the setting of aspirin-induced asthma also known as Samter-Beer triad combining nasal polyps, asthma, and aspirin allergy leading to vasospasm and myocardial infarction. All physicians should be aware of The Kounis syndrome and always keep that unique clinical entity in mind to recognize it promptly and direct the therapy at suppressing the allergic reaction. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6320451/ /pubmed/30637085 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.301.14948 Text en © Abdelkader Jalil El Hangouche et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cherti, Mohammed
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