Keywords:
Azathioprine, acute sialadenitis, adverse effect
Introduction:
Azathioprine is an immunosuppressive agent used in the treatment of a
wide range of medical conditions. (1 - 4) Many adverse
effects have been reported after using this medication.(6, 7) However, to the best of our knowledge,
Azathioprine induced sialadenitis
was only reported once in the literature in a patient diagnosed with
Crohn’s disease. (8) In our case, we report acute
sialadenitis following 1 week of Azathioprine therapy in a patient with
malignant papillary thyroid carcinoma and Grave’s ophthalmopathy.