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Published on: June 23, 2014
Heart transplant recipient with mycophenolate mofetil-induced colitis: the great imitator
Obada Tayyem1, Hamzeh Saraireh1, Muhannad Al Hanayneh2
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Abstract:
In this article, we report a case of a 55-year-old male heart transplant recipient who presented with diarrhoea. An extensive workup for infectious diseases was negative. The patient had a colonoscopy with biopsies showing colitis that mimicked graft-versus-host disease on histopathology. After excluding other potential causes and excluding acute cellular rejection, mycophenolate mofetil was discontinued, and the patient had significant clinical improvement with increased appetite and weight gain.
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