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1: Ann Dermatol Venereol. 1998 Sep;125(9):598-600.Click here to read Links

[Chronic radiodermatitis after heart catheterization: the contributing role of ciprofibrate (Lipanor)?]

[Article in French]

Gironet N, Jan V, Machet MC, Machet L, Lorette G, Vaillant L.

Service de Dermatologie, CHU Tours.

BACKGROUND: Radiodermatitis after cardiac catheterization procedures has been reported in only a few cases in the literature. This side effect may not however be uncommon after long or repeated endocavitary explorations. CASE REPORT: We observed a case of chronic radiodermatitis which developed after cardiac catheterization, in a patient treated with corticosteroids and ciprofibrate for lupus. The patient had undergone only one heart catheterization. A second catheterization performed when the patient had stopped ciprofibrate did not provoke new lesions. DISCUSSION: This observations would suggest that ciprofibrate could participate as a radiosensitizing factor in the development of radiodermatitis.

PMID: 9805549 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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