HYDRALAZINE PREDISPOSES TO ACUTE CUTANEOUS VASCULITIS FOLLOWING UROGRAPHY WITH IOPAMIDOL

Authors
REYNOLDS NJ WALLINGTON TB BURTON JL
Citation
Nj. Reynolds et al., HYDRALAZINE PREDISPOSES TO ACUTE CUTANEOUS VASCULITIS FOLLOWING UROGRAPHY WITH IOPAMIDOL, British journal of dermatology, 129(1), 1993, pp. 82-85
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
129
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
82 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1993)129:1<82:HPTACV>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We report a 60-year-old woman with renovascular hypertension who devel oped a severe cutaneous vasculitis 24 h after the injection of iopamid ol during urography. A review of the literature suggests that her conc omitant hydrallazine therapy probably predisposed her to this reaction , as similar reactions have occurred in systemic lupus erythematosus, and hydrallazine can induce a LE-like syndrome. We recommend that urog raphy should be avoided in patients receiving hydrallazine.