Hereditary recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis from birth.

Hereditary recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis from birth.

Obstructive jaundice in the first months of life is a fairly frequent phenomenon. Approximately twothirds of these infants have atresia of the hepatic ducts, and about two-thirds of the remaining can be classified as 'neonatal hepatitis', 'giant cell hepatitis', or 'thick bile syndrome' (Craig and Landing, 1952; de Toni and Romano, 1962; Gellis, 1961). 'Thick bile syndrome' is defined as 'neona...

Recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. A case report.

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) represents a rare but severe pathology with serious consequences on the outcome of pregnancy. We present the cases of two sisters that came to our clinic with ICP in successive pregnancies. The fetus from a pregnancy with cholestasis can be affected by preterm birth, respiratory distress syndrome, intrauterine death in the third trimester and a possib...

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy may lead to low birth weight.

BACKGROUND/AIM To evaluate patients hospitalized in our clinic in the last 5 years with the diagnosis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and fifty patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of ICP between January 2008 and May 2013 were evaluated retrospectively and age, week at diagnosis, gestational age at delivery, period between diagnosis and deli...

"an iranian girl with benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis "

this report presents an 11 year-old girl with benign recurrent cholestasis (bric) who developed episodes of severe jaundice and pruritus at the ages of 2.5 and 10 years. each episode lasted for 3-4 months. the peak level of serum bilirubin reached 33-37 mg/dl.liver function tests were all normal during the attack except for increased alkaline phosphatase and prolonged prothrombin time responsiv...

Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis