[Calcium polystyrene sulfonate induced colonic necrosis in patient with chronic kidney disease]

Korean J Gastroenterol. 2010 Apr;55(4):261-5. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2010.55.4.261.
[Article in Korean]

Abstract

A 63-year-old woman was admitted due to right upper quadrant abdominal pain. She was going through hemodialysis due to end stage renal disease and taking calcium polystyrene sulfonate orally and rectally due to hyperkalemia. Colonoscopy showed a circular ulcerative mass on the proximal ascending colon. Biopsy specimen from the mass showed inflammation and necrotic debris. It also revealed basophilic angulated crystals which were adherent to the ulcer bed and normal mucosa. These crystals were morphologically consistent with calcium polystyrene sulfonate. She was diagnosed with calcium polystyrene phosphate induced colonic necrosis and improved with conservative treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Colonic Diseases / chemically induced
  • Colonic Diseases / complications
  • Colonic Diseases / pathology*
  • Colonoscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Polystyrenes / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Polystyrenes
  • polystyrene sulfonic acid