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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 46
| Issue : 4 | Page : 455-457 |
Drug-induced acute pancreatitis: A rare manifestation of an incomplete "dapsone syndrome"
Anup K Das, Qaiser Jawed
Department of Medicine, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
Correspondence Address:
Anup K Das
Department of Medicine, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.135967
Drug-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) is under-reported, and a large number of drugs are listed as offenders, but are often overlooked. Knowledge about the possible association of medications in causing AP is important, and needs a high index of suspicion, especially with drugs that have been reported to be the etiology only rarely. Dapsone, a commonly used drug, can cause various hypersensitivity reactions including AP collectively called "dapsone syndrome." Here, we report dapsone-induced AP in a young man. Our case shows certain dissimilarities like associated acute renal failure and acute hemolysis not previously described.
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