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Vol. 24. Issue 5.
Pages 244-246 (January 2001)
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Vol. 24. Issue 5.
Pages 244-246 (January 2001)
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Lesión hepatocelular inducida por alendronato
Alendronate-induced hepatocellular lesion
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C.de la Serna Higuera*, A.Pérez Villoria, S.J.Rodríguez Gómez, J.Martínez Moreno, A.Betancourt González, M.I.Martín Arribas
Unidad de Digestivo. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora
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Los bifosfonatos son fármacos ampliamente utilizados en el tratamiento de la enfermedad ósea metabólica. La toxicidad hepática asociada a su empleo es excepcional. Se presenta el caso de una paciente de 76 años diagnosticada de osteoporosis a la que se prescribió tratamiento con alendronato, evidenciándose en una analítica rutinaria realizada 3 meses después una importante elevación de las cifras de transaminasas. La supresión del tratamiento condujo a una progresiva normalización de los parámetros analíticos, que finalmente alcanzaron valores normales 6 semanas después. Se analiza la reacción adversa al medicamento, así como sus posibles mecanismos patogénicos.

Bisphosphonates are widely used in the treatment of metabolic bone disease. Bisphosphonate-induced hepatotoxicity is extremely infrequent. We present the case of a 76-year-old female patient with osteoporosis who was prescribed alendronate. A routine laboratory investigation carried out three months later revealed markedly elevated transaminase concentrations. Six weeks after withdrawal of treatment, laboratory parameters had returned to normal levels. We analyze this adverse reaction to alendronate as well as its possible pathogenic mechanisms.

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