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Sevelamer carbonate crystal associated colitis in a hemodialysis patient: a case report.

Key takeaways

This report describes one 56-year-old man on dialysis whose colon became inflamed from crystals of sevelamer, a common phosphate binder pill. He had diarrhea, vomiting and belly pain for a month, and doctors kept treating him for a gut infection that turned out to be wrong. Sevelamer is widely used by people with kidney failure, and this side effect is often missed. A single case shows a possible link, not how often it happens.

Who did this work

Bseiso O (Faculty of Medicine, Hebron University, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.) · Qawasmeh M (Department of Nephrology, Hebron Governmental Hospital (Al-Alia), Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.) · Zahdeh A (Faculty of Medicine, Hebron University, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.) · Isayed O (Department of Internal Medicine, An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine.) · Omari A (Prince Hamzah Hospital, Amman, Jordan.) · Natsheh M (Department of Pathology, Al Ahli Hospital, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-14
https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omag175