Angina agranulocytotica D70.D7

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Requires free registration (medical professionals only)

Please login to access all articles, images, and functions.

Our content is available exclusively to medical professionals. If you have already registered, please login. If you haven't, you can register for free (medical professionals only).

Requires free registration (medical professionals only)

Please complete your registration to access all articles and images.

To gain access, you must complete your registration. You either haven't confirmed your e-mail address or we still need proof that you are a member of the medical profession.

Finish your registration now

Definition This section has been translated automatically.

Rapidly developing, torpid, areactive necroses of the tonsils and ulcers of the pharyngeal area occurring in agranulocytosis.

Therapy This section has been translated automatically.

Treatment by internists. Settling of the triggering agent, in case of triggering by metals in drugs (e.g. gold, arsenic, mercury), elimination by dimercaprol (e.g. Dimaval) in a dosage of up to 2.5 mg/kg bw/day. Early systemic antibiosis and, if necessary, transfer to intensive medical care. S.a. Agranulocytosis.

Authors

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer