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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2003;79:548-549; doi:10.1136/pmj.79.935.548
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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2003;79:548-549
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Deep jaundice in an adolescent
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Q1: What is the main differential diagnosis of this patient’s initial syndrome?
In this young girl a syndrome of fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly were accompanied by intrahepatic cholestasis with high bilirubin and acute hepatocellular damage.
The differential diagnosis initially includes any cause of acute hepatitis (box 1
) and/or cholestasis (box 2). The patient was not pregnant, she was not alcoholic, took no medication, and had no history of chronic disease. Serological testing excluded acute viral hepatitis A, B, and C, which may be associated with icterus, low grade fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. Autoimmune hepatitis may present with the same signs and symptoms, although acute icteric hepatitis as a presenting symptom is rather unusual. An important step during differential diagnosis is to exclude Wilson’s disease, which may be present in young adolescents, but acute hepatitis with cholestasis is also unusual. Moreover clinical and laboratory testing failed to diagnose Wilson’s disease in our patient.
Box 1: Differential diagnosis of acute hepatocellular damage
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