Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SJMPS)
Volume-2 | Issue-11 | 312-314
Case Report
Methotrexate induced sprue- like disease in a psoriatic patient: A Rare Case Report
Arundhathi. S, Sunitha. S, Anil Malleshi Betigeri
Published : Nov. 30, 2016
Abstract
“Drug – induced” or “medication- related” forms of enteropathy are known to result in alterations in small intestinal architecture and function causing “sprue- like” mucosal changes, diarrhoea and malabsorption. Many drugs are proved to induce these changes and these include chemotherapeutic agents like colchicine, vincristine, and immunosuppresants like methotrexate, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil [1]. Several cases of villous atrophy following use of immunosuppresants are reported. But, literature search revealed only two cases of intestinal villous atrophy secondary to methotrexate [2]. We present this third case of sprue- like syndrome secondary to methotrexate treatment in a psoriatic patient