Captopril-Induced Cholestatic Jaundice

Abstract

A 50-year-old black female developed hepatic dysfunction secondary to captopril therapy, 25 mg tid for one month. Liver biopsy showed primarily cholestasis, with secondary hepatocellular elements. Symptoms consisted of jaundice, pruritus, anorexia and weight loss, hepatomegaly, and abdominal tenderness. Total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), reached highs of 506 μmol/L, 737 U/L, 319 U/L, and 100 U/L, respectively. Recovery was slow, but complete, after discontinuation of the drug.