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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245613
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Pantoprazole Induces Severe Acute Hepatitis
Pantoprazol induziert eine schwere akute HepatitisPublication History
manuscript received: 18.4.2010
manuscript accepted: 14.7.2010
Publication Date:
04 February 2011 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Eine Patientin erhielt eine Therapie mit Pantoprazol während einer Behandlung mit
Glukokortikoiden bei Enzephalomyelitis disseminata und entwickelte innerhalb eines
Monats nach Beginn der Gabe von Pantoprazol eine schwere akute Hepatitis. Als Ursachen
der Leberfunktionsstörung wurden sowohl eine Virushepatitis, eine Autoimmunhepatitis,
eine primär sklerosierende Cholangitis, eine primär biliäre Zirrhose, eine Hämochromatose
und ein Morbus Wilson ausgeschlossen. Die Leberbiopsie zeigte ausgeprägte hepatische
Läsionen mit Leberparenchymnekrosen. Eine Woche nach Absetzen von Pantoprazol verbesserte
sich die Leberfunktion wieder.
Die Patientin war bereits vor einem Jahr mit Pantoprazol behandelt worden und entwickelte
daraufhin eine abgeschwächte Form einer Hepatitis. Dieser Verlauf spricht für eine
durch Pantoprazol hervorgerufene idiosynkratische Hepatitis.
Abstract
A female patient receiving pantoprazole during a corticosteroid therapy for encephalomyelitis
disseminata developed severe acute hepatitis one month after initiation of pantoprazole
treatment. Other causes of hepatic dysfunction including viral hepatitis, autoimmune
hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, haemochromatosis
or Wilson’s disease were excluded. Liver biopsy showed severe hepatic lesions with
extensive necroses of the parenchyma. One week after discontinuation of pantoprazole
the liver function began to improve and gradually the patient fully recovered.
One year earlier the patient had been treated with pantoprazole before and had developed
a milder form of hepatitis then. This case argues for an idiosyncratic hepatocellular
damage caused by pantoprazole.
Schlüsselwörter
Leber - Autoimmunhepatitis - akute Hepatitis - Magen - Protonenpumpeninhibitoren - Pantoprazol
Key words
liver - autoimmune hepatitis - acute hepatitis - bowel - proton pump inhibitors - pantoprazole
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