Sulphasalazine hepatotoxicity after 15 years' successful treatment for ulcerative colitis.
Sulphasalazine hepatotoxicity after 15 years' successful treatment for ulcerative colitis.
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柳氮磺吡啶成功治疗溃疡性结肠炎 15 年后出现肝毒性。
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.287.6385.96
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发表时间:
1983
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通讯作者:
J. Farndon
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作者:
T. Lennard;J. Farndon
A 37 year old man had first presented at the age of 12 years with bloody diarrhoea. Ulcerative colitis was diagnosed on sigmoidoscopic, radiological, and histological evidence. He was prescribed intermittent courses of sulpha-salazine for acute exacerbations with good result and was later taking 1 g four times daily for three years as maintenance treatment. There was no evidence of liver dysfunction until November 1979 when his serum aspartate amino-transferase activity was found to be 49 IU/l (normal range 0-37 IU/1), hepatic alkaline phosphatase activity 380 IU/l (normal range 30-130 IU/l), and serum y-glutamyltransferase activity 49 IU/l (normal range 0-35 IU/1). His serum bilirubin concentration was normal and there was no jaundice. At this time he was taking sulphasalazine 1-5 g four times daily with no other drug. The liver dysfunction was ascribed to a recent anaesthetic with halothane and returned to normal. In March 1982 while he was taking sulphasalazine 1 g four times daily as maintenance treatment his liver function became abnormal. A sulphur colloid liver scan showed moderate and patchy uptake ina slightly enlarged liver, and liver biopsy indicated no notable abnormality. Values for autoantibodies and hepatitis B antigen were normal. Sulphasalazine treatmentwas stopped and the liver function tests returned to normal. Exacerbation of his colitis occurred as a result and steroids were given to gain control. A drug challenge was performed with informed consent. After treatment with sulphasalazine four times daily for 24 hours hepatic alkaline phosphatase activity rose to 238 lU/1, serum aspartate aminotransferase activity to 45 IU,/l, and serum y-glutamyltransferase activity to 296 IU/1, all from