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- Title
Lanthanum carbonate possibly responsible for acute liver failure in a patient with Child–Pugh stage A liver cirrhosis.
- Authors
De Leeuw, Kathleen; Woestenburg, Annemie; Verbeelen, Dierik
- Abstract
The majority of patients with end-stage renal disease have hyperphosphataemia, which is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Lanthanum carbonate has been introduced as a new treatment modality to lower serum phosphorus. But there has been ongoing concern about lanthanum accumulation in tissues, especially in liver. We describe the case of a woman with pre-existing liver disease, who presented with acute liver failure after introduction of lanthanum carbonate to her treatment. The condition was fully reversible after stopping lanthanum carbonate.
- Subjects
KIDNEY diseases; LANTHANUM; PHOSPHORUS; LIVER failure; DISEASES in women; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
NDT Plus, 2008, Vol 1, Issue 6, p412
- ISSN
1753-0784
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndtplus/sfn137