Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2016
A 23-year-old patient had taken 1 g of aspirin to treat acute respiratory infection. After that he developed an asthmatic fit with labored expiration that was arrested by introduction of aminophylline. The patient's medical history is not burdened with allergies. The patient has undergone two surgeries for nasal polyposis in the past. What diagnosis is most likely?
Answer options
- Atopic bronchial asthma
- Aspirin-induced asthma
- Infectious allergic bronchial asthma
- Exercise-induced asthma
- Symptomatic bronchospasm
Correct answer
Aspirin-induced asthma
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