Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate-Induced Gastric Pneumatosis: A Rare Side Effect

Neethi Dasu; Yaser Khalid; Kirti Dasu; Lucy Joo; Brian Blair

doi:10.1159/000518929

Case Reports in Gastroenterology (Sep 2021)

Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate-Induced Gastric Pneumatosis: A Rare Side Effect

Neethi Dasu,
Yaser Khalid,
Kirti Dasu,
Lucy Joo,
Brian Blair

Affiliations

Neethi Dasu: ORCiD; Department of Gastroenterology, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Yaser Khalid: Department of Cardiology, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA
Kirti Dasu: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Lucy Joo: Department of Gastroenterology, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Brian Blair: Department of Gastroenterology, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000518929
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 885 – 890

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Kayexalate has been used in the USA since 1975 for the treatment of hyperkalemia. Prior case reports have shown that sorbitol added to kayexalate has been known to cause rare side effects of colonic necrosis. We present a unique case report of gastric pneumatosis as a complication of kayexalate.

Published in Case Reports in Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1662-0631 (Online)
Publisher: Karger Publishers
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: http://www.karger.com/crg

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