title: Gold induced colitis and hepatic toxicity in a patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: We describe a case of severe colitis in a 40-year-old woman early in the course of intramuscular gold therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Despite prompt withdrawal of gold, our patient required emergency laparotomy and bowel decompression. Incidental cholestatic hepatotoxicity, a further rare adverse reaction to gold, was also noted in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Sheffield Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Nether Edge Hospital, England.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nisar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winfield
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003092:Colitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate