• Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jul 2014

    Case Reports

    Ergotamine-induced vasospastic ischemia mimicking arterial embolism: unusual case.

    • Gürhan Adam, Tolga Kurt, Celal Çınar, Abdullah Sarıyıldırım, Mustafa Resorlu, Fatma Uysal, Ali Ümit Yener, Sedat Özcan, Mustafa Saçar, and Hüseyin Özdemir.
    • Department of Radiology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale, Turkey. gurhanadam@hotmail.com.
    • Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2014 Jul 1;20(4):291-4.

    AbstractErgotamine toxicity is an important and rare condition, including tachycardia, arterial spasm which occurring as a result of accidental overdosing or drug interactions. We assessed the consequences of delayed diagnosis of peripheral arterial vasoconstriction occurring after simultaneous macrolide use by a 35-year-old woman using an ergot-derived drug for migraine. Diagnosis of ergotamine intoxication begins with suspicion. Interventional radiologists and surgeons should be aware of this acute dangerous condition.

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