使用Lercanidipine可能之併發症：乳糜胸

Chylothorax as a Possible Complication of the Use of Lercanidipine

本文報告為86歲女性，因腹脹入院，大腸憩室炎經治療緩解後血壓仍偏高，增加lercanidipine每日10 mg，新生呼吸困難症狀，檢查證實為滲出性乳糜胸，排除常見原因與回顧用藥史，於lercanidipine使用上曾有引起乳糜腹的報告，推測應有相關，停藥後狀況明顯改善，且無復發。乳糜胸多為漏出性，滲出性乳糜胸則少見，治療上須矯正潛在病因才能緩解。

We report the case of an 86-year-old woman admitted due to sustained abdominal distension. Conservative treatment alleviated the abdominal symptoms, but we observed that her blood pressure remained high. A daily dose of lercanidipine 10 mg was added, but this was followed by the development of dyspnea. Testing confirmed a transudative chylothorax. We excluded common causes and reviewed her past medical history. The literature contains reports of lercanidipine-induced chyloperitoneum, so we considered a possible relationship between lercanidipine and chylothorax. After the administration of lercanidipine was discontinued, her condition improved and dyspnea did not recur. Chylous effusions are typically exudative, and transudative effusions are uncommon, but they can resolve if the etiology is discovered and corrected.