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This article covers a few of the distinctive histomorphologic pattern and links to other articles that deal with specific organ systems.
This article covers a few of the distinctive histomorphologic pattern and links to other articles that deal with specific organ systems.


=General principles=
A drug/toxin reaction should be considered if there is:
# Ingestion/exposure.
# An appropriate temporal relation.
# An empirical correlation between the drug/toxin and the pattern.
#* Worsening with re-challenge.
#* Improvement with removal of exposure.
#* Pathologic pattern matches with toxin.
#* Drug/toxin detected within individual.
=Site specific=
==Liver drug toxicity==
*[[Drug-induced liver disease]].
==Stomach==
*[[Reactive gastropathy]].
==Small bowel==
*[[Small bowel diaphragm disease]].
=Specific drugs=
==Sodium polystyrene sulfonate==
==Sodium polystyrene sulfonate==
[[AKA]] ''Kayexalate''
:[[AKA]] ''Kayexalate'' (trade name).
===General===
===General===
*Used to treat hyperkalemia.
*Used to treat hyperkalemia.
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*Can cause focal [[necrosis]].
*Can cause focal [[necrosis]].


Image:
====Image====
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cecal_adenocarcinoma.jpg Kayexalate crystals and adenocarcinoma (WC)].
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Image:Cecal_adenocarcinoma.jpg | Kayexalate crystals and adenocarcinoma. (WC)
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==Proton pump inhibitor==
{{Main|Proton pump inhibitor effect}}
 
==Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs==
{{Main|Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs}}
 
==Oral contraceptive pill==
{{Main|Oral contraceptive pill}}
 
==Minocycline==
*[[Minocycline associated thyroid pigmentation]].
 
==Spironolactone==
*[[Spironolactone bodies]].


==See also==
=See also=
*[[Drug-induced liver toxicity]].
*[[Basics]].


==References==
=References=
{{Reflist|1}}
{{Reflist|1}}


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