AZATHIOPRINE-INDUCED PERICARDITIS IN A PATIENT WITH ULCERATIVE-COLITIS

Authors
SIMPSON CD
Citation
Cd. Simpson, AZATHIOPRINE-INDUCED PERICARDITIS IN A PATIENT WITH ULCERATIVE-COLITIS, Canadian journal of gastroenterology, 11(3), 1997, pp. 217-219
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Canadian journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08357900
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
217 - 219
Database
ISI
SICI code
0835-7900(1997)11:3<217:APIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease is rarely associated with pericarditis but both sulfasalazine and the aminosalicylates have been known to cause t his complication. To the author's knowledge this is the first reported case of acute pericarditis caused by azathioprine. It is believed tha t pericarditis is yet another potential manifestation of hypersensitiv ity to this drug.