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Drug-induced methemoglobinemia during thoracoscopic lung biopsy
D R Lorelli1, D E Morris, J W Lewis
1Department of General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 10, 2001
Abstract:
Acquired methemoglobinemia occurs rarely in clinical practice. We present a case of a 57-year-old man who developed severe drug-induced methemoglobinemia after exposure to benzocaine spray and lidocaine jelly during intubation for an elective thoracoscopic lung biopsy. Information regarding the classifications, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this entity is reviewed.