• Postepy Dermatol Alergol
• v.30(2); Apr 2013
• PMC3834686

Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 2013 April; 30(2): 117–118.

Published online 2013 April 12. doi:  10.5114/pdia.2013.34163

PMCID: PMC3834686

Angioneurotic edema: a rare case of hypersensitivity to metoclopramide

Paweł Pietrzko, Aleksander Zakrzewski, Tomasz Matuszewski, and Jerzy Kruszewski

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Abstract

The case of a 30-year-old woman who had already experienced two incidents of angioneurotic edema and urticaria caused by drugs during the acute gastroenteritis. The allergological workup revealed hypersensitivity to metoclopramide. This case documents that metoclopramide, a drug commonly used to inhibit the vomiting, may cause not only bronchospastic reaction in an asthmatic patient but also angioneurotic edema of the tongue and larynx as well as urticaria. No similar cases in the literature were found.

Keywords: metoclopramide, angioneurotic edema, hypersensitivity to drugs

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Abstract

The case of a 30-year-old woman who had already experienced two incidents of angioneurotic edema and urticaria caused by drugs during the acute gastroenteritis. The allergological workup revealed hypersensitivity to metoclopramide. This case documents that metoclopramide, a drug commonly used to inhibit the vomiting, may cause not only bronchospastic reaction in an asthmatic patient but also angioneurotic edema of the tongue and larynx as well as urticaria. No similar cases in the literature were found.

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