Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report

Here, we present the case of a 64-year-old male with a rare cause of cyanosis due to dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia who was treated successfully with methylene blue and high-dose Vitamin C. Our case emphasizes the importance of history taking, knowledge, and high index of suspicion of drug-induce...

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Autores principales: Shenouda, Monika, Padilla, Miriam, Silva, Juan, Castillo, Hector, Austin, Armaity
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8942638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371634
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22466
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author Shenouda, Monika
Padilla, Miriam
Silva, Juan
Castillo, Hector
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description Here, we present the case of a 64-year-old male with a rare cause of cyanosis due to dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia who was treated successfully with methylene blue and high-dose Vitamin C. Our case emphasizes the importance of history taking, knowledge, and high index of suspicion of drug-induced methemoglobinemia, especially in the presence of saturation gap. This condition can be fatal if left untreated.
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spelling pubmed-89426382022-03-31 Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report Shenouda, Monika Padilla, Miriam Silva, Juan Castillo, Hector Austin, Armaity Cureus Emergency Medicine Here, we present the case of a 64-year-old male with a rare cause of cyanosis due to dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia who was treated successfully with methylene blue and high-dose Vitamin C. Our case emphasizes the importance of history taking, knowledge, and high index of suspicion of drug-induced methemoglobinemia, especially in the presence of saturation gap. This condition can be fatal if left untreated. Cureus 2022-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8942638/ /pubmed/35371634 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22466 Text en Copyright © 2022, Shenouda et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Shenouda, Monika
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Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report
title Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report
title_full Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report
title_fullStr Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report
title_short Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report
title_sort dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia: a case report
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8942638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371634
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22466
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