URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANDROGEN-INDUCED CHOLESTASIS

Authors
MORK H ALTAIE O KLINGE O SCHEURLEN M
Citation
H. Mork et al., URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANDROGEN-INDUCED CHOLESTASIS, Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie, 35(12), 1997, pp. 1087-1091
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00442771
Volume
35
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1087 - 1091
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-2771(1997)35:12<1087:UAFTTO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Drug-induced cholestasis can rarely persist for a considerable time pe riod even after withdrawal of the drug. We report the case of a 55-yea r-old man with progressive jaundice after oral therapy with 17-alpha-m ethyltestosterone. Under empiric therapy with ursodeoxycholic acid the condition resolved completely. According to this observation, we sugg est a therapeutic trial with ursodeoxycholic acid in cases of prolonge d androgen-induced cholestasis.