ArticleCase reports in medicine2017
Severe Cholestasis and Bile Cast Nephropathy Induced by Anabolic Steroids Successfully Treated with Plasma Exchange.
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- Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice-Evidence-Based Approach From the Writing Committee of the American Society for Apheresis: The Tenth Special Issue.Journal of clinical apheresis · 2026Guideline
- Oxymetholone-Associated Cholestatic Drug-Induced Liver Injury With Profound Hyperbilirubinaemia: A Longitudinal Case Report.Case reports in hepatology · 2026Article
- Bile cast nephropathy: A systematic review of case reports and case series.World journal of hepatology · 2025Article
- Rapid Resolution of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid-Induced Refractory Pruritus and Bile Cast Nephropathy With Therapeutic Plasma Exchange.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Article
- Bilirubin Removal with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange or Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System as Treatment for Cholemic Nephropathy in Patients with Cirrhosis and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Case Series.Blood purification · 2025Article
- Bile Cast Nephropathy: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- Role of Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Treating and Preventing Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury. A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
- Bile acid nephropathy induced by anabolic steroids: A case report and review of the literature.Clinical nephrology. Case studies · 2021Article
- Androgenic anabolic steroid-induced liver injury: two case reports assessed for causality by the updated Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method (RUCAM) score and a comprehensive review of the literature.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2020Review
- Severe Persistent Jaundice after the Abuse of an Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Analogue.The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2020Article
- Acute Renal Failure Due to Bile Cast Nephropathy: An Overlooked Cause of Kidney Injury.Cureus · 2020Article
- Treatments for people who use anabolic androgenic steroids: a scoping review.Harm reduction journal · 2019Article
- Severe cholestatic hyperbilirubinaemia secondary to thyrotoxicosis complicated with bile cast nephropathy treated with plasma exchange and haemodialysis.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Versatility of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid-Induced Hepatotoxicity.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyArticle
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Abstract
We report a case of a bodybuilder who took a regimen of anabolic steroids containing stanozolol and testosterone propionate for 8 weeks which led to the development of jaundice and severe pruritus with serum total bilirubin reaching 41.22 mg/dL. Despite supportive care with fluid and albumin therapy, serum creatinine was progressively increasing. He underwent 6 successful sessions of plasma exchange (PE) with marked improvement at the end of the sessions. Three months after discharge, the patient's creatinine and total bilirubin levels were 1.08 mg/dL and 1.2 mg/dL, respectively.
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