We report a case of a 63-year-old-man presenting with chronic diarrhea and weight loss while on olmesartan treatment for hypertension. Investigation showed multiple nutritional deficiencies associated with diffuse intestinal villous atrophy. Serologies for celiac disease were negative and other causes of villous atrophy were excluded. Olmesartan as a precipitant agent was suspected and withdrawn. Clinical improvement occurred in days with no need for other therapeutic measures. Follow-up at three months showed clinical remission and almost complete recovery of intestinal atrophy. Olmesartan is an angiotensin receptor blocker commonly prescribed for the management of hypertension. Spruelike enteropathy associated with this drug is a recently...
Celiac disease is the most important cause of intestinal villous atrophy. Seronegative intestinal vi...
Olmesartan-associated enteropathy is a rare cause of severe enteropathy that should be considered in...
We present two cases of patients with severe persistent diarrhoea, in whom duodenal biopsies reveale...
We report a case of a 63-year-old-man presenting with chronic diarrhea and weight loss while on olme...
AbstractWe report a case of a 63-year-old-man presenting with chronic diarrhea and weight loss while...
We report a case of a 63-year-old-man presenting with chronic diarrhea and weight loss while on olme...
AbstractChronic diarrhoea is a common clinical problem in gastroenterology practice and often it is ...
A enteropatia induzida por olmesartana é uma entidade reconhecida recentemente como diagnóstico dife...
AbstractThe recognition of an enteropathy caused by olmesartan is recent. It was first described in ...
The recognition of an enteropathy caused by olmesartan is recent. It was first described in 2012 by ...
Olmesartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist used to treat hypertension, is associated with few...
Olmesartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist used for the treatment of blood hypertension. Lo...
A 77-year-old man with arterial hypertension and dyslipidaemia, treated with olmesartan/hy...
Olmesartan´s sprue-like enteropathy was first described in 2012 and typically presents with diarrhoe...
Olmesartan-induced enteropathy is an underreported phenomenon, first described in 2012. While olmesa...
Celiac disease is the most important cause of intestinal villous atrophy. Seronegative intestinal vi...
Olmesartan-associated enteropathy is a rare cause of severe enteropathy that should be considered in...
We present two cases of patients with severe persistent diarrhoea, in whom duodenal biopsies reveale...
We report a case of a 63-year-old-man presenting with chronic diarrhea and weight loss while on olme...
AbstractWe report a case of a 63-year-old-man presenting with chronic diarrhea and weight loss while...
We report a case of a 63-year-old-man presenting with chronic diarrhea and weight loss while on olme...
AbstractChronic diarrhoea is a common clinical problem in gastroenterology practice and often it is ...
A enteropatia induzida por olmesartana é uma entidade reconhecida recentemente como diagnóstico dife...
AbstractThe recognition of an enteropathy caused by olmesartan is recent. It was first described in ...
The recognition of an enteropathy caused by olmesartan is recent. It was first described in 2012 by ...
Olmesartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist used to treat hypertension, is associated with few...
Olmesartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist used for the treatment of blood hypertension. Lo...
A 77-year-old man with arterial hypertension and dyslipidaemia, treated with olmesartan/hy...
Olmesartan´s sprue-like enteropathy was first described in 2012 and typically presents with diarrhoe...
Olmesartan-induced enteropathy is an underreported phenomenon, first described in 2012. While olmesa...
Celiac disease is the most important cause of intestinal villous atrophy. Seronegative intestinal vi...
Olmesartan-associated enteropathy is a rare cause of severe enteropathy that should be considered in...
We present two cases of patients with severe persistent diarrhoea, in whom duodenal biopsies reveale...