A CASE OF CLOFAZIMINE ENTEROPATHY

A case of clofazimine enteropathy is described. A young male received clofazimine 200 mg daily for four years. He was admitted in a pigmente d, emaciated state with abdominal pain, diarrhoea and weight loss. At laparotomy his abdominal organs were stained with dark brown-black pig ment due to heavy infiltration with clofazimine crystals. Despite with drawal of clofazimine his symptoms failed to settle. He developed oede ma and hypoalbuminaemia. He died following a cerebral infarction.