Radio‐opaque fecal impaction and pseudo‐occlusion in a dialyzed patient taking lanthanum carbonate |
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Authors: | Clotilde Muller Sandrine Muller Aicha Sissoko Alexandre Klein Bernadette Faller Francois Chantrel |
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Affiliation: | Colmar Civil Hospital, Nephrology and Dialysis department, , Colmar, France |
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Abstract: | Lanthanum therapy is an efficient therapy of hyperphosphoremia by chelating phosphore in the digestive tract. Lanthanum is a silvery white metallic element that belongs to group 3 of the periodic table. This drug is lightly absorbed and has low water solubility. It should be borne in mind that abdominal X‐rays of patients taking lanthanum carbonate may have a radio‐opaque appearance typical of imaging agents. This characteristic is suggested to confirm adherence of the patient by doing an abdominal X‐ray. We describe in our case a particular good compliant patient with slow digestive transit, which ends by pseudo‐occlusion. |
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Keywords: | Lanthanum carbonate dialysis phosphore adverse event |
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