Carboxymethylcellulose: A hidden culprit in immediate hypersensitivity reactions after triamcinolone injections

Aiwei Yan, MD; Edward Fernandez, MD; Matthew Steven Krantz, MD; Basil M. Kahwash, MD; Elizabeth J. Phillips, MD; Cosby A. Stone, Jr., MD, MPH

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global (Nov 2024)

Carboxymethylcellulose: A hidden culprit in immediate hypersensitivity reactions after triamcinolone injections

Aiwei Yan, MD,
Edward Fernandez, MD,
Matthew Steven Krantz, MD,
Basil M. Kahwash, MD,
Elizabeth J. Phillips, MD,
Cosby A. Stone, Jr., MD, MPH

Affiliations

Aiwei Yan, MD: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn; Corresponding author: Aiwei Yan, MD, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, D-3100 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2358.
Edward Fernandez, MD: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn
Matthew Steven Krantz, MD: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn
Basil M. Kahwash, MD: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn
Elizabeth J. Phillips, MD: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn; Center for Drug Safety and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn
Cosby A. Stone, Jr., MD, MPH: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn; Center for Drug Safety and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
p. 100337

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We aim to bring awareness of allergies to excipients such as carboxymethylcellulose as “hidden dangers” that can be easily missed in diagnosis, leading to severe effects on patient health, and falsely limit the drug treatments that a patient can receive.

Published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global

ISSN: 2772-8293 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-allergy-and-clinical-immunology-global

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