We describe a 41 yr old leprosy patient treated for 10 yrs with clofazimine who underwent laparotomy for severe abdominal pain. At surgery, the only significant findings were that the coeliac lymph nodes were enlarged and stained purplish black as were the omentum and the intraperitoneal fat. No other cause of abdominal pain was identified. On histological examination, reddish-purple crystals were identified at frozen section but not in the paraffin sections.
BT - Pathology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8316494?dopt=Abstract DA - 1993 Jan DO - 10.3109/00313029309068897 IS - 1 J2 - Pathology LA - eng N2 -We describe a 41 yr old leprosy patient treated for 10 yrs with clofazimine who underwent laparotomy for severe abdominal pain. At surgery, the only significant findings were that the coeliac lymph nodes were enlarged and stained purplish black as were the omentum and the intraperitoneal fat. No other cause of abdominal pain was identified. On histological examination, reddish-purple crystals were identified at frozen section but not in the paraffin sections.
PY - 1993 SP - 24 EP - 6 T2 - Pathology TI - Severe abdominal pain in low dosage clofazimine. VL - 25 SN - 0031-3025 ER -