Vanishing bile duct syndrome in Hodgkin's disease: case report
São Paulo med. j
; 118(5): 154-7, Sept. 2000.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-271290
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
CONTEXT Liver damage is relatively common in patients affected by Hodgkin's disease. A smaller proportion of cases develops jaundice. Recently, the vanishing bile duct syndrome was described in Hodgkin's disease. The mechanisms of this severe complication have been poorly understood until now. OBJECTIVE:
To describe a rare case of intra-hepatic cholestasis due to vanishing bile duct syndrome.DESIGN:
Case report. CASE REPORT A 38-year-old male patient affected by Hodgkin's disease. Liver biopsy showed no detectable Hodgkin's disease. Intra-hepatic cholestasis was found and none of the six portal tracts analyzed contained normal bile ducts. The treatment was based on conventional and high-dose escalation chemotherapy. The patient died from an irreversible liver failure while in complete remission from Hodgkin's disease
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Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Doença de Hodgkin
/
Doenças do Ducto Colédoco
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
São Paulo med. j
Assunto da revista:
Cirurgia Geral
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Cincia
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Ginecologia
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Medicina
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Medicina Interna
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Obstetr¡cia
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Pediatria
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Sa£de Mental
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Sa£de P£blica
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR