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  • A 59-year-old woman with a recent lung nodule diagnosis was treated with voriconazole after a history of breast cancer and heart transplant due to cardiomyopathy.
  • She was hospitalized for nausea and abdominal pain, initially diagnosed with cholelithiasis and planned for outpatient surgery.
  • After a cholecystectomy and ongoing symptoms, it was discovered her nausea was linked to elevated voriconazole levels, which improved after stopping the medication.

Article Abstract

We present a case of a 59-year-old woman who had been recently diagnosed with a cavitary lung nodule and then started on voriconazole; she had been diagnosed with breast cancer about 10 years prior, which had been treated with anthracyclines and subsequent non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, ultimately requiring an orthotopic heart transplant. She presented to the hospital due to nausea and abdominal pain. She was found to have cholelithiasis, without cholecystitis, and was initially discharged with plans for an outpatient cholecystectomy. However, nausea and pain persisted, and hence she was readmitted and had a cholecystectomy but her nausea continued. Further workup revealed an elevated voriconazole level, and her nausea resolved once the voriconazole was discontinued.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9373880PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26804DOI Listing

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