1Department of Anaesthesiology, Silchar Medical College, Assam, India
2Department of Orthopaedics, Silchar Medical College, Assam, India
3Department of Dermatology, Silchar Medical College, Assam, India
4Department of Community Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
*Corresponding author email: rupankamath05@gmail.com
Online published on 21 October, 2013.
Local anaesthetics are a very important group of drugs in the anaesthetists’ armamentarium. They have very widespread use in many branches like surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Most popular amide group representative -lignocaine -is used as its hydrochloride salt at a concentration of 1 or 2% with or without epinephrine. Though hypersensitivity reactions are rare, they may occur and varies from life threatening anaphylaxis to less severe delayed type reactions. Here we are reporting a case of delayed type 4 reaction to lignocaine after supraclavicular brachial plexus block which was managed conservatively.
Lignocaine, Local anaesthetics, Type 4 hypersensitivity, Supraclavicular brachial plexus block
