ABSTRACT
Congenital hemolytic anemia is mainly developed due to intrinsic defects of erythrocytes, but in some cases the cause of hemolytic anemia is unclear. Gilbert's syndrome shows mild, chronic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia that is due to reduced UDP glucuronosyltransferase (UGT-1A1) activity and this develops because of UGT-1A1 gene mutation. We report here on a case of severe hyperbilirubinemia in a 17-year-old male who was diagnosed with congenital hemolytic anemia of an unknown cause combined with Gilbert's syndrome.
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Adolescent , Humans , Male , Anemia, Hemolytic , Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital , Erythrocytes , Gilbert Disease , Glucuronosyltransferase , HyperbilirubinemiaABSTRACT
In acute colonic pseudo-obstruction(Ogilvie's syndrome, 1948), there is no distal obstruction but colonic obstruction symptom and distended colon is shown radiologicaly and clinically. The etiology of this syndrome are complex of any medical and surgical problem. Elderly patients who are undergoing CAPD have multiple medical problems. But among them only one case which was diagnosed with this syndrome was reported in Korea. Neostigmine is unstable medicine due to muscarinic effects if neostigmine(anticholinesterase inhibitor) has side effects to the CAPD patients with multiple medical problems, it can be fatal. We use pyridostigmine, which has less muscarinic effect, and has similiar potency compared to neostigmine to acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, and thus achieved radiological improvement.