RED DISCOLORATION OF THE SPUTUM BY CLOFAZIMINE SIMULATING HEMOPTYSIS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
GIRDHAR A VENKATESAN K CHAUHAN SL MALAVIYA GN GIRDHAR BK
Citation
A. Girdhar et al., RED DISCOLORATION OF THE SPUTUM BY CLOFAZIMINE SIMULATING HEMOPTYSIS - A CASE-REPORT, Leprosy review, 63(1), 1992, pp. 47-50
Citations number
7
Journal title
Leprosy review → ACNP
ISSN journal
03057518
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1992
Pages
47 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-7518(1992)63:1<47:RDOTSB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A patient of lepromatous leprosy, who received a high dose of clofazim ine as part of multidrug therapy, for chronic erythema nodosum leprosu m (ENL) had frequent 'haemoptysis'. The haemoptysis was later found to be due to expectoration of clofazimine. This interesting, and perhaps first case of such an occurrence, is reported.