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Acute ischaemic colitis due to hypotension and amoxicillin allergy

¹ Allergy Unit, Internal Medicine, Hospital da Costa, Burela, Lugo, Spain
² Allergy Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Carmen Vidal Pan
Allergy Unit, Hospital de Conxo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Santiago, Rúa Ramón Baltar sn, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; carmen.vidal.pan{at}sergas.es

ABSTRACT
A case of acute ischaemic colitis, confirmed by colonoscopy and colon biopsy, caused by IgE mediated allergy to amoxicillin is presented. The damage to the gut seemed to occur as a result of the hypotension suffered during the anaphylactic episode.

Keywords: ischaemic colitis; amoxicillin; allergy