Open AccessA COUGH IN A PATIENT WITH CHOLANGITIS IN THE COURSE OF CAROLI’S DISEASE. CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Aleksandra Kaszyńska,
Tadeusz M. Zielonka,
Katarzyna Życińska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
wiadomości lekarskie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2719-342X
pISSN - 0043-5147
DOI - 10.36740/wlek201902129
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , course (navigation) , general surgery , astronomy , physics
Cough may be a manifestation of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary diseases. However, rarely liver disease is suspected as a cause of acute cough. A case of a 34-year-old patientwith diagnosed Caroli’s disease has been described, in which cough with fever was the main manifestation of cholangitis in the course of complications of the underlyingdisease. Caroli’s disease is a congenital pathology of intrahepatic bile ducts, causing their cysts to widen. It usually has an asymptomatic course, however it promotes infectiouscomplications such as liver abscesses and recurrent cholangitis. The patient was admitted to the ward because of high fever and cough, without any symptoms from the digestivesystem. On the basis of laboratory, microbiological and visual examinations, various causes of cough were excluded and a diagnosis of cholangitis was made. After appropriateantibiotic therapy, a rapid improvement in the clinical condition and resolution of symptoms was achieved.