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==Drugs== | ==Drugs== | ||
{{Main|Drug toxicity}} | |||
===Sodium polystyrene sulfonate=== | |||
*AKA ''Kayexalate''. | |||
====General=== | |||
*Used to treat hyperkalemia - as may be seen in renal failure. | |||
====Microscopic==== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid11342776>{{cite journal |author=Abraham SC, Bhagavan BS, Lee LA, Rashid A, Wu TT |title=Upper gastrointestinal tract injury in patients receiving kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) in sorbitol: clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic findings |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=637-44 |year=2001 |month=May |pmid=11342776 |doi= |url=http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0147-5185&volume=25&issue=5&spage=637}}</ref> | |||
*Purple blobs on H&E stain - look somewhat like [[calcium phosphate]]. | *Purple blobs on H&E stain - look somewhat like [[calcium phosphate]]. | ||
*Can cause focal [[necrosis]]. | *Can cause focal [[necrosis]]. | ||
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cecal_adenocarcinoma.jpg Sodium polystyrene crystals (WC)]. | Image: | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cecal_adenocarcinoma.jpg Sodium polystyrene crystals (WC)]. | |||
==Graft-versus host disease== | ==Graft-versus host disease== | ||