Author(s)

Araz Aziz Abdullah^1*, Abdullah Saeed Ibrahim², Halgurd Fatihullah Ahmed³

¹Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
²Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq.
³Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical specialties, Kurdistan Board for Medical specialties, Erbil, Iraq.

Depression is a common disorder amongst the general population and frequently encountered by most physicians. Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s) have become the most commonly prescribed antidepressants due to their superiority compared with other antidepressants in the treatment of acute major depression. Although exceedingly rare, hepatotoxicity resulting from sertraline use has been previously reported. In these case reports, the liver injury pattern was predominately hepatocellular. Unlike previous cases, we report the case of a patient presenting with markedly elevated cholestatic enzymes and painless jaundice while taking sertraline for treatment of depression.

Sertraline, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Acute Hepatitis

Abdullah, A. , Ibrahim, A. and Ahmed, H. (2015) Sertraline Induced Acute Hepatitis: A Case Report. Health, 7, 476-480. doi: 10.4236/health.2015.74056.