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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245613
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Pantoprazole Induces Severe Acute Hepatitis
Pantoprazol induziert eine schwere akute HepatitisPublication History
manuscript received: 18.4.2010
manuscript accepted: 14.7.2010
Publication Date:
04 February 2011 (online)
Zusammenfassung
Eine Patientin erhielt eine Therapie mit Pantoprazol während einer Behandlung mit Glukokortikoiden bei Enzephalomyelitis disseminata und entwickelte innerhalb eines Monats nach Beginn der Gabe von Pantoprazol eine schwere akute Hepatitis. Als Ursachen der Leberfunktionsstörung wurden sowohl eine Virushepatitis, eine Autoimmunhepatitis, eine primär sklerosierende Cholangitis, eine primär biliäre Zirrhose, eine Hämochromatose und ein Morbus Wilson ausgeschlossen. Die Leberbiopsie zeigte ausgeprägte hepatische Läsionen mit Leberparenchymnekrosen. Eine Woche nach Absetzen von Pantoprazol verbesserte sich die Leberfunktion wieder.
Die Patientin war bereits vor einem Jahr mit Pantoprazol behandelt worden und entwickelte daraufhin eine abgeschwächte Form einer Hepatitis. Dieser Verlauf spricht für eine durch Pantoprazol hervorgerufene idiosynkratische Hepatitis.
Abstract
A female patient receiving pantoprazole during a corticosteroid therapy for encephalomyelitis disseminata developed severe acute hepatitis one month after initiation of pantoprazole treatment. Other causes of hepatic dysfunction including viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, haemochromatosis or Wilson’s disease were excluded. Liver biopsy showed severe hepatic lesions with extensive necroses of the parenchyma. One week after discontinuation of pantoprazole the liver function began to improve and gradually the patient fully recovered.
One year earlier the patient had been treated with pantoprazole before and had developed a milder form of hepatitis then. This case argues for an idiosyncratic hepatocellular damage caused by pantoprazole.
Schlüsselwörter
Leber - Autoimmunhepatitis - akute Hepatitis - Magen - Protonenpumpeninhibitoren - Pantoprazol
Key words
liver - autoimmune hepatitis - acute hepatitis - bowel - proton pump inhibitors - pantoprazole
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Dr. Catharina Sandig
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Heidelberg
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