Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation
We are reporting a unique case of olmesartan associated severe sprue-like enteropathy in a 52-year-old woman who presented to our hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain and nausea. At the emergency department she suffered from a cardiac arrest and was found to have a colon perforation. The pa...
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| description | We are reporting a unique case of olmesartan associated severe sprue-like enteropathy in a 52-year-old woman who presented to our hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain and nausea. At the emergency department she suffered from a cardiac arrest and was found to have a colon perforation. The patient was treated conservatively without surgical intervention and olmesartan was discontinued. After one month, she had complete resolution of her symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-74f5ed3ed3e34d0299ffefe0e3f23cc72025-02-03T05:50:14ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362014-01-01201410.1155/2014/494098494098Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon PerforationMahmoud Abdelghany0Luis Gonzalez1John Slater2Christopher Begley3Department of Medicine, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, 1086 Franklin Street, E3 building, Johnstown, PA, 15905, USADepartment of Pharmacy, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, 1086 Franklin Street, E3 building, Johnstown, PA, 15905, USADepartment of Pharmacy, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, 1086 Franklin Street, E3 building, Johnstown, PA, 15905, USADepartment of Medicine, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, 1086 Franklin Street, E3 building, Johnstown, PA, 15905, USAWe are reporting a unique case of olmesartan associated severe sprue-like enteropathy in a 52-year-old woman who presented to our hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain and nausea. At the emergency department she suffered from a cardiac arrest and was found to have a colon perforation. The patient was treated conservatively without surgical intervention and olmesartan was discontinued. After one month, she had complete resolution of her symptoms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/494098 |
| spellingShingle | Mahmoud Abdelghany Luis Gonzalez John Slater Christopher Begley Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation |
| title_full | Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation |
| title_fullStr | Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation |
| title_short | Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation |
| title_sort | olmesartan associated sprue like enteropathy and colon perforation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/494098 |
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