Severe spruelike enteropathy and collagenous colitis caused by olmesartan

Severe spruelike enteropathy and collagenous colitis caused by olmesartan

Abstract Background Olmesartan, which is an angiotensin II receptor blocker, reportedly causes spruelike enteropathy, with intestinal villous atrophy as its typical histopathological finding. Interestingly, collagenous and/or lymphocytic gastritis and colitis occur in some patients. We report the ca...

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Main Authors: Shiho Kaneko, Kana Matsuda, Yasuko Mizuta, Shoya Shiratori, Kazuma Kishi, Akihisa Nakamura, Masataka Yagisawa, Nobuyuki Ehira, Minoru Uebayashi, Hiroya Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Villous atrophy
Collagenous colitis
Spruelike enteropathy
Intestinal diseases
Case report
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01926-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01926-y

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