Clofazimine induced enteropathy--a case highlighting the importance of drug induced disease in differential diagnosis.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
A patient on treatment for multibacillary leprosy for the past three years, presented with episodes of abdominal pain. Since the patient improved with conservative management, clofazimine induced enteropathy was considered as a remote possibility. A review of the mucosal biopsies showed macrophages with crystal-storing spaces consistent with clofazimine deposition in the duodenum. This case highlights the need to consider and investigate drug-induced disease as part of the differential diagnosis.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Humans
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Male
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Leprosy, Lepromatous
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Clofazimine
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Duodenal Diseases
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Gastritis, Atrophic
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Leprostatic Agents
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Middle Aged
Language:
English
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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