Jaundice Due to Ectylurea

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SINCE the first report associating cholangiolitic hepatitis with administration of arsphenamine,1 a growing list of drugs have been identified with the production of this clinical syndrome. Notable among these have been methyltestosterone2 and chlorpromazine3 and, more recently, promazine.4 It is the purpose of this communication to report what is believed to be the first case attributable to a recently introduced drug, ectylurea (2-ethyl-cis-crotonyl-urea),§ which has received fairly widespread use and favorable comment as a tranquilizing drug.5 6 7 Case ReportA 35-year-old housewife was admitted to the United States Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, with the chief complaint of nausea and . . .