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A Case of Methimazole Induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Mustafa Kanat 1 , Nadir Goksugur 2 , Ali Haydar Parlak 2
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Bolu Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Bolu, Turkey

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Bolu Izzet Baysal Medical Faculty, Department of Dermatology, Bolu, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2005; 9: 125-127
Keywords : Antithyroid drugs, methimazole, adverse effects, vasculitis, ANCA
Read: 1940 Downloads: 727 Published: 01 December 2005
Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2005
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Abstract

Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis has been described frequently in patients treated with propylthiouracil (PTU). However, other antithyroid drugs, carbimazole and methimazole (MMI), rarely cause vasculitis. We report a case of MMI induced ANCA negative leukocytoclastic vasculitis.
 

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