Acute ischaemic colitis due to hypotension and amoxicillin allergy.

Pérez-Carral, C; Carreira, J; Vidal, C · Postgrad Med J · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A case of acute ischaemic colitis, confirmed by colonoscopy and colon biopsy, caused by IgE mediated allergy to amoxicillin is presented. The damage to the gut seemed to occur as a result of the hypotension suffered during the anaphylactic episode.

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