[Symptomatic gallstones in a patient with heart transplantation. A serious and little observed adverse reaction of cyclosporine A].
A 53 year old male patient developed symptomatic cholelithiasis shortly after a heart transplantation following postinfarction heart failure. The patient was both initially cholecystectomized and later endoscopically treated for recurrent biliary pain and multiple concrements in the choledochus. He did not present any of the known predisposing risk factors for developing biliary stones. The possible role of cyclosporine in inducing biliary stones is discussed.
Kleveland
P M
PM
Gastroenterologisk seksjon, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim.
Waldum
H L
HL
D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D016572:Cyclosporine
Symptomatisk gallestein hos hjertetransplantert pasient. En alvorlig og lite påaktet bivirkning av cyklosporin A.