Ullmann JM, Erbersdobler A. Gastric lanthanosis (lanthanum deposition) in an immunosuppressed patient that discontinued lanthanum carbonate seven years ago.
Clin Case Rep 2021;
9:e05075. [PMID:
34815874 PMCID:
PMC8594568 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.5075]
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Abstract
A 72-year-old female patient used the oral phosphate binder lanthanum carbonate for 6 years, before discontinuing it after receiving a pancreas and kidney transplant. Now, 7 years after discontinuation, the patient developed bilious emesis. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed an unspecific gastritis. Biopsies showed subepithelial crystalline deposits consistent with gastric lanthanosis.
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