Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Steroid Resistant Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Word of Caution
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
Cyclosporine may be considered as state of the art treatment for steroid resistant severe ulcerative colitis. Up to 30-40% of the patients with severe ulcerative colitis will fail to respond to intravenous steroid treatment and would require surgical treatment. I report a case of steroid resistant severe ulcerative colitis, which failed to respond to cyclosporine due to presence of cytomegalovirus infection causing ischaemic colitis that had been seen on histopathological examination. Keywords: Ulcerative colitis, Cyclosporine, Steroid resistant, Cytomegalovirus infection
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Dr. Amir Hussain
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