Mesalamine-Induced Myocarditis

Olivier Merceron; Clement Bailly; Antoine Khalil; Florence Pontnau; Nadjib Hammoudi; Richard Dorent; Pierre-Louis Michel

doi:10.4061/2010/930190

Cardiology Research and Practice (Jan 2010)

Mesalamine-Induced Myocarditis

Olivier Merceron,
Clement Bailly,
Antoine Khalil,
Florence Pontnau,
Nadjib Hammoudi,
Richard Dorent,
Pierre-Louis Michel

Affiliations

Olivier Merceron: Cardiology Department, Tenon University and Medical School, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
Clement Bailly: Cardiology Department, Tenon University and Medical School, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
Antoine Khalil: Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France
Florence Pontnau: Cardiology Department, Tenon University and Medical School, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
Nadjib Hammoudi: Cardiology Department, Tenon University and Medical School, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
Richard Dorent: Cardiology Department, Tenon University and Medical School, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
Pierre-Louis Michel: Cardiology Department, Tenon University and Medical School, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4061/2010/930190
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2010

Abstract

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Nowadays mesalamine is a common treatment for Crohn's disease and hypersensitive reactions to this product have been reported. Yet there is limited information concerning mesalamine-induced myocarditis and its mechanism is not known. We described a case of mesalamine-induced myocarditis in Crohn's disease of the colon.

Published in Cardiology Research and Practice

ISSN: 2090-8016 (Print); 2090-0597 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2804

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