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Sanjeev Khera1, Randhir Ranjan2, Sateesh Ramachandran2
1Pediatrics, Army Hospital Research and Referral, New Delhi, India kherakherakhera@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Symptomatic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an uncommon problem. Direct DILI is dose-related, predictable with short latency (hour to days) and is generally associated with transient and reversible transaminitis without jaundice. Antimetabolites including methotrexate are a common cause for direct DILI. Hepatotoxicity associated with high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is generally transient and includes reversible elevation of transaminase in up to 60% and associated hyperbilirubinaemia (≤grade 2) in 25% of courses and therefore is of no clinical significance. Severe grades of DILI with HD-MTX (grade ≥4) are extremely rare. We describe an adolescent with Burkitt leukaemia who had reversible grade 4 DILI including hyperbilirubinaemia postfirst course of HD-MTX. Rechallenge with two-third dose of HD-MTX in subsequent chemotherapeutic cycle did not cause recurrence of DILI.
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