Endocrinology Research and Practice
Case Report

A Case of Methimazole Induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

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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
Read: 1061 Downloads: 350 Published: 01 December 2005

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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