[Acute ++indomethacin-induced hepatitis in a female patient with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis]

An Med Interna. 1994 Nov;11(11):549-50.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present an infrequent case of acute hepatitis by indomethacin, in a patient with a primary biliary cirrhosis, previously not diagnosed and asymptomatic, in who during in the follow-up, with a persistent analytical pattern of disociated cholestasis, a liver biopsy was indicated, with the final diagnosis of chronic non-suppurative destructive cholangitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Indomethacin / adverse effects*
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / complications
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Indomethacin