[Occurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis and autoimmune thyroiditis in a patient treated with pegylated interferon-alpha 2b and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C]

Korean J Hepatol. 2010 Jun;16(2):187-91. doi: 10.3350/kjhep.2010.16.2.187.
[Article in Korean]

Abstract

Combined pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection cause a wide range of side effects, including flu-like syndrome, hematological abnormalities, cardiovascular symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, pulmonary dysfunction, depression, and retinopathy. Interferon-alpha has been shown to be related to the development of various autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune thyroid disease, and type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). Type 1 DM and thyroid disease respectively develop in 0.08-2.61% and 10-15% of patients treated with combined interferon-alpha and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C. The coexistence of type 1 DM and autoimmune thyroiditis was rarely reported. We report a case of a 33-year-old female patient with chronic hepatitis C who simultaneously developed diabetic ketoacidosis and autoimmune thyroiditis after treatment with pegylated interferon-alpha 2b and ribavirin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / drug therapy
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / etiology*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Insulin / therapeutic use
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha / adverse effects*
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
  • Polyethylene Glycols / adverse effects*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / therapeutic use
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Ribavirin / adverse effects*
  • Ribavirin / therapeutic use
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / drug therapy
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / etiology*
  • Thyroxine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Insulin
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Ribavirin
  • peginterferon alfa-2b
  • Thyroxine