Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 36-2007. A 31-year-old woman with rash, fever, and hypotension

N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 22;357(21):2167-78. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc079030.

Authors

Marc S Sabatine¹, Kian-Keong Poh, Jessica L Mega, Jo-Anne O Shepard, James R Stone, Matthew P Frosch

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.

PMID: 18032767
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc079030

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adult
Benzhydryl Compounds / adverse effects*
Central Nervous System Stimulants / adverse effects*
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology
Eosinophilia / chemically induced
Eosinophilia / pathology*
Exanthema / etiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fever / etiology
Humans
Hypotension / etiology
Modafinil
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / complications
Myocarditis / chemically induced
Myocarditis / pathology*
Myocardium / pathology*
Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Tachycardia, Ventricular / chemically induced
Ultrasonography

Substances

Benzhydryl Compounds
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Modafinil