A patient with persistent pruritus. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We present a patient with an initial and acute presentation of jaundice and marked persistent pruritus. Laboratory and radiology test results eliminated the possibility of acute hepatitis A/B/C viral infections, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson disease, paraneoplastic cholestasis, and obstructive biliary disease. Centrilobular cholestasis was prominent in a liver biopsy specimen. Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) was diagnosed through a review of the clinical history, available data, and the subsequent exclusion of other possible etiologies. The patient's clinical features resolved within 3 months of medical treatment.

publication date

  • April 26, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic
  • Pruritus

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 77951564806

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1055/s-0030-1253523

PubMed ID

  • 20422502

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 2