Heart transplant recipient with mycophenolate mofetil-induced colitis: The great imitator

Obada Tayyem; Hamzeh Saraireh; Muhannad Al Hanayneh; Heather L. Stevenson

doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-224035

Heart transplant recipient with mycophenolate mofetil-induced colitis: The great imitator

Obada Tayyem, Hamzeh Saraireh, Muhannad Al Hanayneh, Heather L. Stevenson

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In this article, we report a case of a 55-year-old male heart transplant recipient who presented with diarrhoea. An extensive workup for infectious diseases was negative. The patient had a colonoscopy with biopsies showing colitis that mimicked graft-versus-host disease on histopathology. After excluding other potential causes and excluding acute cellular rejection, mycophenolate mofetil was discontinued, and the patient had significant clinical improvement with increased appetite and weight gain.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	224035
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-224035
State	Published - 2018

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colitis
endoscopy
transplant

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General Medicine

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