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Hepatobiliary Dysfunction as the Initial Manifestation of Disseminated Cryptococcosis

 

作者: Jain Lin,   M. Kabir,   Howard Tseng,   Norsrat Hillman,   Jazbieh Moezzi,   N. Gopalswamy,  

 

期刊: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology  (OVID Available online 1999)
卷期: Volume 28, issue 3  

页码: 273-275

 

ISSN:0192-0790

 

年代: 1999

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: Cryptococcosis;Hepatitis;Case report

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

A case of hepatobiliary dysfunction as the initial manifestation of disseminated cryptococcosis is described. The patient was admitted with symptoms of hepatitis with cholestatic jaundice. Antibody tests for hepatitis B and C and human immunodeficiency virus were negative. The patient continued to deteriorate clinically. Eventually, the patient succumbed to hepatic failure. Autopsy disclosed systemic cryptococcosis that caused extensive necrosis of the liver. In review of the literature, only nine cases of cryptococcal infection presenting as hepatitis, cholangitis, and cholecystitis as initial manifestation were reported. Four of these patients had been subjected to exploratory laparotomy for clinical suspicion of acute abdomen. One patient developed cirrhosis as a result of cryptococcal hepatitis. Two patients succumbed to hepatic failure. Cryptococcosis is known to occur commonly in immunocompromised patients, yet only two reported cases presenting as hepatitis were associated with immunocompromised status.

 



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