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dc.contributor.authorStalund, Ida Viken
dc.contributor.authorRiise, Gro Nygard
dc.contributor.authorLeh, Friedemann
dc.contributor.authorBjånes, Tormod Karlsen
dc.contributor.authorRiise, Lars
dc.contributor.authorSvarstad, Einar
dc.contributor.authorLeh, Sabine
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-24T10:50:04Z
dc.date.available2021-11-24T10:50:04Z
dc.date.created2021-07-28T17:05:40Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2046-1402
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2831256
dc.description.abstractBackground: Intravenous injection of oral opioid substitution drugs (OSD) is widespread among injecting drug users. Several OSDs contain the polymer polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as an excipient. Parenterally administered PVP of high molecular weight may accumulate in tissues and organs. This phenomenon was first described in the 1950s, when PVP was utilised in medication for parenteral use. We report a case of an opioid-addicted patient with extensive PVP–deposition caused by repeated injections of OSDs. Case presentation: A 30-year-old male drug addicted patient in opioid substitution therapy (OST) was repeatedly referred to his local hospital in a poor general condition. Work-up revealed severe normocytic anaemia, renal insufficiency, pancreas insufficiency and pathological fractures. Biopsies from fractured bones, bone marrow and gastric mucosa showed extensive infiltrates of histiocytes with intracytoplasmic vacuoles. Vacuole content stained slightly bluish in hematoxylin and eosin stain, red in Congo red stain and black in periodic acid methenamine silver stain. The morphological appearance and staining properties were in accordance with the diagnosis of PVP deposition. The patient had been injecting both buprenorphine tablets and a specific methadone syrup for several years. The methadone syrup contained large amounts of high molecular weight PVP, making it the most likely cause of the deposition. His health quickly deteriorated and he died, impaired by multi-organ failure and cachexia, five years after the first diagnosis of PVP-deposition. The autopsy revealed extensive PVP-deposition in all sampled organs and tissues. Conclusions: Histological investigation and the correct identification of PVP in the biopsies led to the discovery of a severe adverse effect from long-standing misuse of a drug. The disseminated PVP deposition likely contributed to multi-organ dysfunction and cachexia with a fatal outcome. The deposited PVP likely originated from repeated injections of a certain methadone syrup.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherF1000Researchen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleCase Report: Polyvinylpyrrolidone deposition disease from repeated injection of opioid substitution drugs: Report of a case with a fatal outcomeen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 the authorsen_US
dc.source.articlenumber300en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doi10.12688/f1000research.51927.2
dc.identifier.cristin1922905
dc.source.journalF1000 Researchen_US
dc.identifier.citationF1000 Research. 2021, 10, 300.en_US
dc.source.volume10en_US


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