Acute cholestatic hepatitis syndrome caused by ecstasy

Introduction: Drug induced liver disease should be considered in the background of any form of liver diseases. Use of psychoactive drugs, including ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamin, MDMA), have become more frequent in Hungary recently. Fatal consequences of ecstasy including liver failure have been reported. We report on a case of acute cholestatic hepatitis caused by ecstasy. Case report: 33 year old man was seen by the outpatient unit with the clinical signs of fatigue, vomiting, and deep jaundice (se bi: 691, di bi: 465 umol/l) and itching. The elevated transaminase levels (AST: 212, ALT: 573, GGT:…