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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Mesalamine-induced eosinophilic pleural effusion.

Abdullah Al-Abcha, Fazal Raziq, Shouq Kherallah, Ahmad Alratroot

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdullah Al-AbchaInternal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA alabchaa@msu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-7453
Fazal RaziqInternal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Shouq KherallahInternal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Ahmad AlratrootInternal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman with a medical history of ulcerative colitis (UC) presented with difficulty in breathing. The patient was diagnosed with UC a month prior to presentation and was started on mesalamine suppository. Chest x-ray (CXR) on presentation showed bilateral pleural effusion, which was confirmed on CT angiogram of the chest. Diagnostic and therapeutic thoracentesis was performed and 0.7 L of pleural fluid was removed from the left side. The pleural fluid analysis was consistent with exudative pleural effusion with eosinophilia. Symptomatic improvement was noted after thoracentesis. Mesalamine was stopped and repeat CXR was obtained on the follow-up visit, which showed no pleural effusion. The Naranjo score was calculated to be 7, indicating that the eosinophilic pleural effusion was most probably secondary to adverse reaction from mesalamine.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalColitis, UlcerativeDiagnosis, DifferentialEosinophiliaFemaleHumansMesalamineMiddle AgedPleural EffusionThoracentesisAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalMesalaminedrugs: gastrointestinal systemrespiratory medicineulcerative colitisunwanted effects / adverse reactions

Identifiers

PMID32303527
PMCPMC7199113
OpenAlexW3017318840

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