Drug-induced Liver Injury Due to a Horse Chestnut Dietary Supplement
  • Diogo Costa Santos
    Department of Internal Medicine, Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Graça Lérias
    Department of Internal Medicine, Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Isabel Madruga
    Department of Internal Medicine, Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

Keywords

Horse chestnut, drug-induced liver injury, dietary supplement

Abstract

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the Western world. In recent years, natural herbal and dietary supplements have become widely available to the general public and have increased in popularity. Reports of idiosyncratic liver injury caused by such supplements have also increased over the last decade.

Horse chestnut is a herb used in dietary supplements primarily for complications of venous insufficiency. Clinically significant acute liver injury has been very rarely associated with its use. We present the case of a 70-year-old man with idiosyncratic horse chestnut-induced liver injury.

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    Published: 2021-03-16
    Issue: 2021: Vol 8 No 3 (view)


    How to cite:
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    Costa Santos D, Lérias G, Madruga I. Drug-induced Liver Injury Due to a Horse Chestnut Dietary Supplement. EJCRIM 2021;8 doi:10.12890/2021_002389.

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