Systemic steroid is required for the exacerbation of ulcerative colitis (UC), although its administration should be avoided in patients with a low bone mineral density (BMD) exacerbated by side effects of steroids. We herein report the successful induction of remission in an UC case with a low BMD due to Fanconi-Bickel syndrome-or glycogen storage disease type XI-using granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA). For a 43-year-old woman with a BMD of 50% the young adult mean, GMA was performed 2 times a week for a total of 10 times. GMA might be a steroid-free treatment option for UC patients with a low BMD.
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Tanaka, M., Nakanishi, M., Miyazaki, H., Morita, R., Eguchi, H., Takeda, Y., … Shigematsu, T. (2021). Granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis for ulcerative colitis in a patient with low bone mineral density due to Fanconi-Bickel syndrome. Internal Medicine, 60(15), 2413–2417. https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6707-20
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