Peliosis hepatis som årsag til leverpåvirkning hos en patient i behandling med
immunosuppressiva
Engelsk titel: Peliosis hepatis as the cause of liver affection in a patient treated with immunosuppressive agents
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Författare:
Hygum Knudsen A
Språk: Dan
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UI-nummer: 02071672
Sammanfattning
A case of peliosis hepatis in a 64-year-old woman treated with azathioprine because of a lung transplantation is described. The patient was admitted owing to epigastric pain and jaundice. Sixteen months before admission the patient had had a lung transplantation because of pulmonary emphysema. A liver biopsy showed multiple, dilated, blood-filled liver sinusoids consistent with peliosis hepatis. Besides azathioprine, the patient was treated with cyclosporine and prednisolone, but none of these drugs are known to be responsible for the development of peliosis hepatis. This rare condition, which causes liver affection in patients treated with azathioprine, should be kept in mind.