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ea0035p323 | Clinical case reports Thyroid/Others | ECE2014

Case study in PTU-induced hepatotoxicity: a retrospective analysis of the key aspects of survivability in PTU-induced hepatotoxicity in adults

Sardar Noel , Lulsegged Abbi , Asante Maxwell

A 20-year-old female patient with Graves’ disease was commenced on PTU 50 mg OD in June 2009 because of intolerance to carbimazole. She presented with jaundice within 5 months and was subsequently admitted when she started vomiting 2 months later.She had tenderness in the right upper quadrant. LFT on admission are alkaline phosphatase 268 μ/l (35–104), gamma glutamyl transferase 148 μ/l (5–36), aspartame transferase 194 μ/l ...