Key result
Minocycline exposure linked to pericarditis presenting as severe chest pain.
Why the study?
Pericarditis due to drug allergy is a rare and often overlooked cause of chest pain that should be considered in differential diagnosis.
Case Report (n=1)
Drug-induced pericarditis, such as from minocycline, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain.
Pericarditis, usually viral in origin, is an infrequent cause of chest pain. Pericarditis due to drug allergy is even less frequent and is thus rarely considered in the differential diagnosis. A case is reported of a woman who presented with severe chest pain, caused by minocycline induced pericarditis. Such allergy may be more common than reported. It is suggested that drug induced pericarditis should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain.
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Davey et al. (2000) conducted a case report in Minocycline induced pericarditis (n=1). Minocycline was evaluated on Severe chest pain due to pericarditis. Minocycline exposure can induce pericarditis presenting as severe chest pain, highlighting the importance of considering drug allergy in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain.
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