[Acute pancreatitis due to 5-aminosalicylic acid].
We report a case of a 5-aminosalicylate-induced pancreatitis in a patient with Crohn's disease. These findings suggest that some side effects, traditionally thought to be related to sulphafapyridine, are really due to 5-aminosalicylate. The good prognosis of this rare complication depends on the early withdrawal of the drug. Therefore the degree of the clinical suspicion plays a essential role in the appropriate diagnosis, but a challenge with mesalazine must be carried out in those patients in which other causes of pancreatitis could not be excluded.
Romero Castro
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Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla.
Jiménez Sáenz
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Pellicer Bautista
F J
FJ
Domínguez Palomo
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Herrerías Gutiérrez
J M
JM
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019804:Mesalamine; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012008:Recurrence
D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D019804:Mesalamine
Pancreatitis aguda por ácido 5-aminosalicílico.