Pneumonitis, pleural effusion and pericarditis following treatment with dantrolene.
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 47 (5) , 553-554
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.47.5.553
Abstract
A patient developed pulmonary infiltration, pleural effusions and pericarditis three months after starting dantrolene sodium. Peripheral blood eosinophilia and a raised ESR were present. Symptoms and signs resolved after the drug was discontinued. Dantrolene toxicity should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonitis and pleuro-pericarditis.Keywords
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