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Query: UMLS:C0042109 (
urticaria
)
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A 60-year-old woman with acute asthma developed generalised
urticaria
and rapidly worsening bronchospasm immediately after IV administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate. Subsequent skin testing was positive for this, but for no other corticosteroid. Later, both IV dexamethasone during a recurrent attack and oral prednisone for
panhypopituitarism
were well tolerated. This patient and a review of the literature reveal that corticosteroids are a very rare but important cause of anaphylaxis-like reaction.
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PMID:An allergic reaction to intravenous methylprednisolone administration. 210 12
