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Abstract
Cyanosis is an ominous physical sign indicating significant cardiac or respiratory disease. However, bluish discolouration mimicking cyanosis could occur in methaemoglobinaemia. The clinical implications being very different, it is important that the aetiology of bluish discolouration of tissues is correctly identified. A case is reported where the antianginal agent nicorandil was identified as the most likely cause for methaemoglobinaemia.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24614772 PMCID： PMC3962875 DOI： 10.1136/bcr-2013-201915
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN： 1757-790X