Carbamazepine-induced acute cholangitis

Dig Dis Sci. 1987 May;32(5):554-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01296041.

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with carbamazepine-induced cholestasis in whom histologic examination showed acute cholangitis. This type of lesion broadens the spectrum of carbamazepine-induced liver injury which also includes granuloma and hepatocellular necrosis. Its association with marked hypereosinophilia suggests that carbamazepine may cause acute cholangitis through an immunoallergic mechanism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Carbamazepine / adverse effects*
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
  • Cholangitis / chemically induced*
  • Cholangitis / pathology
  • Eosinophilia / chemically induced
  • Facial Neuralgia / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans

Substances

  • Carbamazepine