Esterified Anabolic Androgen-Induced Liver Injury in a Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Patient: A CaseReport

Authors

  • Kyrillus S. Shohdy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Rasmia M. El Gohary Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2015.136

Keywords:

Drug-Induced Liver Injury, Hepatitis; Steroids, Biological Markers

Abstract

Background: Cases of drug induced liver injury still perplex gastroenterologists due to its wide range of presentations that mimic acute and chronic liver conditions. Moreover, matters get complicated when clinicians face the possibility of drug-induced injury in the presence of pre-existing chronic liver disease.

Case: A 69 year-old male who was recently discovered to have a hepatitis C viral infection presented with acute manifestations (mixed cholangio-hepatocellular injury) not fully explained by the underlying chronic disease, we suspected an idiosyncratic reaction from an esterified anabolic androgen. His manifestations have appeared acutely after the drug intake and include acute onset of jaundice, abdominal pain, pruritus and choluria. He was improving on drug discontinuity and conservative measures during his brief hospital stay.

Conclusion: The underlying chronic disease constitutes a dilemma in diagnosis of superimposed drug-induced liver injury, as the proof of causality is a daunting task. In such cases, it is tempting to link such new emerging manifestations to be a flare-up of the underlying chronic disease rather than to the drug. However, certain clues helped to point this clinical presentation towards a drug-induced liver injury

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Author Biography

Kyrillus S. Shohdy, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Kyrillus is currently pursuing a rotating internship year at Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt af¬ter graduating from the 6-year program. He is in¬terested in research realms where our understanding of the biological proces¬ses behind certain patho¬logy enables us to design an effective and targeted therapy

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S. Shohdy, K., & M. El Gohary, R. (2015). Esterified Anabolic Androgen-Induced Liver Injury in a Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Patient: A CaseReport. International Journal of Medical Students, 3(3), 151–154. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2015.136

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