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Case Reports
. 2002 Mar;36(3):439-43.
doi: 10.1016/s0168-8278(01)00299-9.

Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis progressing to progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: low GGT cholestasis is a clinical continuum

Nancy A M van Ooteghem  1 , Leo W J Klomp, Gerard P van Berge-Henegouwen, Roderick H J Houwen
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Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis progressing to progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: low GGT cholestasis is a clinical continuum

Nancy A M van Ooteghem et al. J Hepatol. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) is an autosomal recessive liver disease, characterised by intermittent attacks of cholestasis, which can start at any age and last for several weeks to months. Characteristically serum GGT activity is low and normal liver structure is preserved. Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is another liver disease, characterised by severe cholestasis, starting almost invariably before 6 months of age. All patients progress to cirrhosis, liver failure and death, unless a liver transplantation is performed. We now identified four patients who presented in childhood with recurrent attacks of cholestasis, while in the course of the disease the cholestasis gradually became permanent. Although liver biopsies performed in the early stages of the disease showed normal liver architecture, late stage biopsies revealed evident fibrosis with porto-portal septa formation. In conclusion, the disease of these patients started with the clinical and histopathological characteristics of BRIC but progressed to PFIC.

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