Open AccessNíveis elevados de transaminases em um caso de coledocolitíase: a importância do reconhecimento deste padrão
Author(s) -
João Victor Vecchi Ferri,
João Peron Moreira Dias da Silva,
Umberto de Oliveira Filho,
José Augusto Froner Bicca,
Daniel Brito de Araújo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista de medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1679-9836
pISSN - 0034-8554
DOI - 10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v96i2p131-133
Subject(s) - physics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Case report of a 34-year-old healthy woman diagnosed with symptomatic choledocholithiasis associated with elevated results of transaminases without hepatic disease. High levels of these enzymes can occur in choledocholithiasis cases without further causes of liver injury. Clinicians must be aware of this phenomenon, avoiding unnecessary investigation and its consequences.