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Small bowel enteropathy associated with olmesartan medoxomil treatment

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Small bowel enteropathy associated with olmesartan medoxomil treatment (EN)
Viazis, Nikos
Archavlis, Emmanuel
Tsigaridas, Athanasios
Galanopoulos, Michail
Vourlakou, Christina
Varytimiadis, Lazaros
Mantzaris, Gerassimos J.
Karatzas, Pantelis S.
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2016-12-27
Sprue-like enteropathy associated with treatment with olmesartan medoxomil, an angiotensin II receptor blocker, has been described recently. Herein, we report two patients who developed chronic severe non-bloody diarrhea, weight loss, and muscle wasting after prolonged use of olmesartan. Histologic and immunohistochemical examination of multiple duodenal biopsies revealed severe villous atrophy. Clinical signs ceased upon drug discontinuation. Physicians should be aware of this enteropathy even if olmesartan has been taken for months or years. Whether this adverse event is specific for olmesartan or is a class effect of angiotensin II receptor blockers is currently unknown. To the best of our knowledge, these case reports are the first reported in Greece.Keywords Sprue-like enteropathy, olmesartan, villous atrophyAnn Gastroenterol 2017; 30 (1): 131-133 (EN)
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Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology (EN)
1792-7463
1108-7471
Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 30, No 1 (2017); 131 (EN)
Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Annals of Gastroenterology
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