ABSTRACT
Hypersensitivity reactions due to insect stings can cause various clinical conditions such as urticaria, dyspnea, myocardial infarction. Kounis syndrome is an acute coronary syndrome in the form of allergy, hypersensitivity, anaphylaxis or anaphylactoid reactions caused by activation of mast cells. It is a syndrome with a low incidence. Depending on the degranulation of mast cells, the release of various mediators, primarily histamine, plays a role in the pathophysiology. In this study, a case of anaphylactic acute inferior myocardial infarction due to multiple honey bee stings of a 50-year-old male patient was reported.
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