Liver toxicity from vitamin A

Hepatic toxicity secondary to hypervitaminosis A is extremely rare. We report the case of a 27‐year‐old Caucasian female who presented for an investigation of abdominal pain, cholestatic liver function tests, and abnormal computerized tomography findings. She had been prescribed isotretinoin for her...

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Autores principales: Fox, Rosanna, Stace, Nigel, Wood, Karen, French, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32280780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12201
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description Hepatic toxicity secondary to hypervitaminosis A is extremely rare. We report the case of a 27‐year‐old Caucasian female who presented for an investigation of abdominal pain, cholestatic liver function tests, and abnormal computerized tomography findings. She had been prescribed isotretinoin for her acne and had subsequently purchased vitamin A online, which she consumed daily for over 18 months.
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spelling pubmed-71447612020-04-10 Liver toxicity from vitamin A Fox, Rosanna Stace, Nigel Wood, Karen French, Claire JGH Open Case Reports Hepatic toxicity secondary to hypervitaminosis A is extremely rare. We report the case of a 27‐year‐old Caucasian female who presented for an investigation of abdominal pain, cholestatic liver function tests, and abnormal computerized tomography findings. She had been prescribed isotretinoin for her acne and had subsequently purchased vitamin A online, which she consumed daily for over 18 months. Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2019-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7144761/ /pubmed/32280780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12201 Text en © 2019 The Authors. JGH Open: An open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology published by Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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