In a 51-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, jaundice presented 6 months after starting oral semaglutide, and the liver injury progressed to biliary cirrhosis with no alternative etiology found.
In plain wordsIn one man with type 2 diabetes, liver injury and cirrhosis followed 6 months of oral semaglutide.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseCholestatic liver injury progressing to biliary cirrhosis
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Liver
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · oral · 6 months before presentationAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The case involved a 51-year-old man with type 2 diabetes who presented with jaundice and acute-on-chronic kidney disease 6 months after starting oral semaglutide.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
His liver injury progressed to biliary cirrhosis, accompanied by nephritis that led to end-stage renal disease.
Extensive evaluations including liver and kidney biopsies revealed no alternative etiologies.