Cholangiopathy and intrahepatic stones in sickle cell disease: coincidence or ischemic cholangiopathy?
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Hepatic and bile duct involvement are common in sickle cell disease. This article reports the case of a young woman with cholangiopathy, homozygous sickle cell disease, and protracted anemia. We suggest that sickle cell disease was directly responsible for ischemic cholangiopathy through anoxia.
Medical subject headings
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Bile Ducts
- Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
- Cholelithiasis
- Ischemia