A Case of Idiopathic Adulthood Ductopenia
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
;
: 270-273, 2009.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-181198
ABSTRACT
Idiopathic adulthood ductopenia (IAD) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease of unknown etiology characterized by adult onset, an absence of autoantibodies, inflammatory bowel disease, and a loss of interlobular bile ducts. In the present report, a case fulfilling the IAD criteria is described. A 19-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for persistent elevation of transaminases and alkaline phosphatase without clinical symptoms. Viral hepatitis markers and autoantibodies were absent. The patient had a normal extrahepatic biliary tree and had no evidence of inflammatory bowel disease. A liver biopsy specimen showed absence of interlobular bile ducts from 58% of the portal tracts. He was diagnosed with IAD and was treated with ursodeoxycholic acid.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Colestase Intra-Hepática
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Doença Crônica
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
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