Ischemic colitis as a complication in a patient with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome

Pediatr Nephrol. 2008 Apr;23(4):655-7. doi: 10.1007/s00467-007-0665-1. Epub 2007 Nov 24.

Abstract

We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome who developed ischemic colitis. He was diagnosed as having nephrotic syndrome at 10 years of age and had been administered steroid, cyclosporine A, and mizoribine for 7 years. He presented with severe abdominal pain 5 days after intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy; thereafter, massive bloody diarrhea developed. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a marked thickening of the wall of the transverse colon. Colonoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of ischemic colitis. This is the first report of the development of ischemic colitis in a pediatric patient with nephrotic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Colitis, Ischemic / diagnosis
  • Colitis, Ischemic / etiology*
  • Colon / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon / pathology
  • Colonoscopy
  • Cyclosporine / therapeutic use
  • Diarrhea
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use*
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / complications*
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / pathology
  • Pulse Therapy, Drug
  • Radiography
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Cyclosporine
  • Methylprednisolone