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Query: UMLS:C0740577 (
acute abdominal pain
)
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A 65-year-old man on maintenance dapsone therapy for
dermatitis herpetiformis
for 30 years was admitted to hospital with
acute abdominal pain
and vomiting. Investigations revealed a Heinz body haemolytic anaemia. Worsening symptoms prompted an emergency laparotomy that revealed a perforated gall bladder with pigmented biliary calculi. In previous reviews of the haematological abnormalities associated with dapsone therapy, life-threatening cholecystitis has not been described.
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PMID:Gall-bladder perforation after long-term dapsone therapy. 226 52
