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Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Gastroent Hepatol 2016; 70(2): 150– 156. doi:10.14735/amgh2016csgh.info01.

Sartan associated enteropathy – case report and review of the literature

Jiří Cyrany1,2, Tomáš Vašátko1, Markéta Nová Orcid.org  3, Eva Hovorková3, Jan Machač4, Juraj Szanyi4, Marcela Kopáčová Orcid.org  5

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Summary

Sartan associated enteropathy is a sprue-like diarrhoeal disease induced by sartans (especially olmesartan), characterised by small intestinal damage: villous atrophy with lymphocytic infiltration of lamina propria is usually present and can be combined with intraepithelial lymphocytosis and/or subepithelial collagen deposits. Course of the disease can be severe, however withdrawal of the medication leads to a complete restoration; clinical signs can be reproduced by the drug rechallenge. This side effect is observed relatively rarely when compared to the number of patients treated by olmesartan. Nevertheless it represents a frequent and important diagnostic alternative in the cohort of patients with non-coeliac sprue. The disease is presumably caused by an autoimmune mechanism in predisposed individuals. We present a case report of telmisartan associated enteropathy.

Keywords

angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers, coeliac disease, enteropathy, olmesartan, sprue

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