Atorvastatin-Associated Macroglossia in a Cardioembolic Stroke Patient

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Kovach

Kang

Triplett

RG.

Massive macroglossia secondary to angioedema: a review and presentation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2015;73:905-917. doi:10.1016/j.joms.2014.12.029

Kalambay

Ghazanfar

Martes-Pena

et al . Pathogenesis of drug induced non-allergic angioedema: a review of unusual etiologies. Cureus. 2017;9:e1598. doi:10.7759/cureus.1598

Nisly

Kara

Knight

TB.

Simvastatin: a risk factor for angioedema?

J Pharm Technol. 2013;29:149-152.

Naranjo

Busto

Sellers

et al . A method for estimating the probability of adverse drug reactions. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1981;30:239-245.

Atorvastatin [package insert]. New York, NY: Parke-Davis Division of Pfizer, Inc; 2017. http://labeling.pfizer.com/ShowLabeling.aspx?id=587#section-11.3. Accessed June 10, 2018.

Hampson

Smith

Cowell

et al . Hypotension and eosinophilia with atorvastatin. Pharm World Sci. 2005;27:279-280. doi:10.1007/s11096-005-7115-6

Liebhaber

Wright

Gelberg

et al . Polymyalgia, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other reactions in patients receiving HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors: a report of ten cases. Chest. 1999;115:886-889.

Ogai

Banks

Gada

SM.

Statin allergy: clinical experience and structural relation as a framework for evaluation. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2015;3:993-995. doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2015.06.020

Khan

Stewart

Brunzell

et al . Rosuvastatin desensitization to rosuvastatin in a patient with a history of anaphylaxis to multiple statins. J Allegy Clin Immunol. 2013;131:234-236. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.10.009