Kounis syndrome due to deksketoprofen trometamol administration

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Abstract Kounis syndrome is a rarely seen syndrome which is also called allergic angina syndrome. Contacted allergic agents cause allergic reaction, and then it leads to vasospastic angina pectoris or myocardial infarction. When the patient contact allergic agent, histamine releases from mast cells, and vasospasm or plaque rupture occurs at coronary arteries. A lot of allergic agents is defined which causes Koinus syndrome. Most of these allergic agents are antibiotics, analgesics, antineoplastics, contrast agents, anethesics, non-steroid antiinflammatory drugs, proton pump inhibitors and venoms. Our patient is the first case report which is the Kounis syndrome after taking deksketoprofen trometamol.