Ischemic colitis during interferon-ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C:A case report
Ischemic colitis during interferon-ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C:A case report作者机构:Department of GastroenterologyHealth Promotion CenterYonsei University Gangnam Severance HospitalSeoul 158-050South Korea Department of Internal MedicineEwha Medical Research InstituteEwha University Mokdong HospitalEwha Womans University School of MedicineSeoul 158-710South Korea Department of PathologyEwha University Mokdong HospitalEwha Womans University School of MedicineSeoul 158-710South Korea
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2012年第18卷第31期
页 面:4233-4236页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题:Ischemia Hepatitis C Interferon
摘 要:Ischemic colitis is a rare complication of interferon *** 9 cases in 6 reports have been described *** report describes a case of ischemic colitis during pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatment for chronic hepatitis C,and includes a review of the relevant literature.A 48-year-old woman was treated with pegylated interferon-2a and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C,genotype *** 19 wk of treatment,the patient complained of severe afebrile abdominal pain with *** signs were stable and serum white blood cell count was within the normal *** computed tomography showed diffuse colonic wall thickening from the splenic flexure to the proximal sigmoid colon,which is the most vulnerable area for the development of ischemic *** revealed an acute mucosal hyperemic change,with edema and ulcerations extending from the proximal descending colon to the sigmoid *** mucosal biopsy revealed acute exudative *** chain reaction and culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis were negative and the cultures for cytomegalovirus,Salmonella and Shigella species were *** discontinuation of interferon and ribavirin therapy,abdominal pain and hematochezia subsided and,following colonoscopy showed improvement of the mucosal *** colitis cases during interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C reported so far have all involved the descending *** colitis is a rarely encountered complication of interferon administration in patients with chronic hepatitis C and should be considered when a patient complains of abdominal pain and hematochezia.