Teixeira, Mónica Martins and Macedo, Sara and Martins, Ana Sofia and Batista, Tânia and Novais, António and Costa, Maria and Cancela, Eugénia Maria (2019) Olmesartan-Associated Enteropathy: An Unexpected Cause of Chronic Diarrhoea. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6 (4). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Olmesartan-associated enteropathy is a rare cause of severe enteropathy that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with unexplained chronic diarrhoea. It may be difficult to recognise because of its clinical and histologic similarities to other clinical entities. The authors present the case of a 72-year-old woman with a 6-month clinical history of non-bloody diarrhoea and weight loss. Discontinuation of olmesartan resulted in clinical and histologic recovery, and therefore, physicians need to be aware of olmesartan-associated enteropathy in order to avoid unnecessary testing. Although rare, it is considered an emerging and underdiagnosed enteropathy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Olmesartan, diarrhoea, enteropathy |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2019 14:43 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2019 14:43 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18984 |
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