ABSTRACT
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) is a rare desease, which usually manifests between the age of 10 and 20. Its main clinical feature is multiple recurrent episodes of cholestasis without extrahepatic bile duct obstruction. We report here a case of nonfamilial benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis. The patient has experienced recurrent jaundice with pruritus since childhood. Main bile duct obstrution was excluded by abdominal CT and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Other causes of cholestasis were not found. Hepatic histology revealed bile plug which were mainly concentrated in the centrilobular region, and increased number of mononuclear cells in the portal triad, but hepatic parenchyma showed no inflammation and necrosis. In the last anicteric period, she was healthy and the liver function test and biopsy specimen were normal.
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Humans , Bile , Bile Ducts , Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic , Biopsy , Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde , Cholestasis , Cholestasis, Intrahepatic , Inflammation , Jaundice , Liver Function Tests , Necrosis , Pruritus , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) is a rare desease, which usually manifests between the age of 10 and 20. Its main clinical feature is multiple recurrent episodes of cholestasis without extrahepatic bile duct obstruction. We report here a case of nonfamilial benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis. The patient has experienced recurrent jaundice with pruritus since childhood. Main bile duct obstrution was excluded by abdominal CT and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Other causes of cholestasis were not found. Hepatic histology revealed bile plug which were mainly concentrated in the centrilobular region, and increased number of mononuclear cells in the portal triad, but hepatic parenchyma showed no inflammation and necrosis. In the last anicteric period, she was healthy and the liver function test and biopsy specimen were normal.
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Humans , Bile , Bile Ducts , Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic , Biopsy , Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde , Cholestasis , Cholestasis, Intrahepatic , Inflammation , Jaundice , Liver Function Tests , Necrosis , Pruritus , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Behcet's disease is a chronie inflammatory symptom complex consisting of recurrent oral ulcer, genital ulcer, ocular lesion or skin lesion. Intestinal involvement in Behcet's disease most commonly affects the ileocecal region in the patient with gestrointestinal symptoms, But esophageal involvement in Behcet's disease is very uncommon, most commonly affects the midesophagus with localized ulcerative lesion. A 38-Year-old woman with refractory and recurrent oral and genital ulcer was admitted because of aggravation of pharyngodynia and dysphagia. Gastrofiberscopic examination showed multiple, small sized ulcers on oral cavity and mid-to-distal esophagus. She was treated with steroid.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Deglutition Disorders , Esophagus , Mouth , Oral Ulcer , Skin , UlcerABSTRACT
Lymphangiomas are benign tumors of lymphatic vessels, which can occur anywhere the lymphatics exist. The lymphangioma of the esophagus is exceedingly rare. Seven cases had reported in the world and there is no case report about the lymphangioma of the esophagus in our country. So we present one case of lymphangiomas that coexist in esophagus and sigmoid colon. This kind of case don't have been reported yet.