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Case Reports
. 2024 Nov;65(11):1147-1149.
doi: 10.1007/s00108-024-01746-8. Epub 2024 Jul 17.

[Anaphylactic shock after mistletoe therapy]

[Article in German]
Daniel Kaemmerer  1 , Merten Hommann  2
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Case Reports

[Anaphylactic shock after mistletoe therapy]

[Article in German]
Daniel Kaemmerer et al. Inn Med (Heidelb). 2024 Nov.

Abstract
in English, German

Life-threatening side effects of mistletoe therapy are mostly negated by physicians working in complementary medicine. This article reports on a case of life-threatening anaphylactic shock after carrying out mistletoe therapy. In patients with a carcinoid syndrome (flushes, diarrhea, bronchoconstriction) the diagnosis of anaphylactic shock can be masked by the findings of a neuroendocrine neoplasm. Before a planned complementary medicine mistletoe therapy patients should also be well-informed on rare life-threatening side effects.

Lebensbedrohliche Nebenwirkungen nach Misteltherapien werden von komplementärmedizinisch arbeitenden Ärzten zumeist negiert. Wir berichten über einen lebensbedrohlichen anaphylaktischen Schock nach erfolgter Misteltherapie. Bei Patienten mit einem Karzinoidsyndrom (Flushes, Diarrhöen, Bronchokonstriktion) bei dem Befund einer neuroendokrinen Neoplasie kann die Diagnose eines anaphylaktischen Schocks maskiert werden. Alle Patienten sollten bei einer geplanten komplementärmedizinischen Misteltherapie auch über seltene lebensbedrohliche Nebenwirkungen aufgeklärt werden.

Keywords: Carcinoid syndrome; Complementary medicine; Liver metastases; Neuroendocrine neoplasm; Side effects.

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